Secure Software Development Courses and Certifications

(ISC)²

Foundations of Software Lifecycle Development and Security

Build security into every SDLC phase: secure design principles, coding standards and input validation, security testing, deployment controls, and supply chain oversight.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CertNexus

CSC: Secure Software Testing and Maintenance

Test software security by analyzing code and running automated testing tools, then monitor and log applications to keep them secure after deployment.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Security-Driven Software Development

Build security into every stage of the SDLC: design secure UML models, apply STRIDE threat modeling, validate input, and run unit, regression, and penetration tests.

• Coursera
• 14 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Starweaver

Fundamentals of Secure Software Design

Build secure software across the SDLC: threat model with STRIDE and DREAD, fix OWASP Top 10 flaws in Python and JavaScript, automate SAST and DAST in CI/CD.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CertNexus

Cyber Secure Software Developer (CSSD) (Exam CSD-110)

Secure software across every lifecycle phase: define security requirements, design for security, implement code protections, test software security, and maintain deployed applications against attacks.

• Coursera
• 9 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Secure Software Lifecycle: From Requirements to Maintenance

Embed security across the software lifecycle: write security requirements, threat model designs, apply static analysis and dependency checks, run fuzzing and bug bounties, and secure CI/CD pipelines.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Salesforce

Develop Securely

Learn about cybersecurity pillars, web vulnerabilities, threat modeling, the secure development lifecycle, and more.

• Trailhead
• 2-3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Learn secure programming practices: defensive programming, secure design and testing, development methodologies, plus firewalls, intrusion detection, ciphers, AAA, and security policy generation.

• TEEX
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Intermediate GitHub Concepts

2686 ratings at DataCamp

Take your GitHub skills to the next level with this intermediate course, building on the foundations of our introductory course.

• DataCamp
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

OWASP Foundation

Preventing Security Bugs through Software Design

API designs that make vulnerable code difficult to write can prevent injection and cross-site scripting bugs at their source.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nginx

Infusing Security Into the Application Development Process

Explore how software teams can bring supply chain security into application development through dependency review, SBOMs, vulnerability scanning, and security-minded practices.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

LASCON

Security While Scaling Agile - Lessons Learned

Learn how to integrate software security into scaled Agile development as a guardrail that protects products without slowing continuous delivery.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ChariotSolutions

Secure by Design: Insights and Pitfalls

Explore how software design principles create implicit security benefits—and where those designs fail.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

OWASP Foundation

Software Security Engineering: Lessons from the Past to Fix the Future

Use lessons from long-standing security bugs to improve how organizations prevent them from recurring across software releases.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

OWASP Foundation

How Security, Development, and Testing Can Work Together to Stop Recurring Vulnerabilities - OWASP Top 10

Learn how security, development, and testing teams can embed security in software workflows and prevent recurring vulnerabilities through shared responsibility and culture change.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video