Cyber Security40hrs 30min

Web Defense Professional

Securetain Premium’s Web Defense Professional path blends conceptual lessons with 24 labs focused on OWASP tests, secure SDLC blueprints, ModSecurity tuning, runtime detection, and automation to harden web apps.

Practice 24 labs that convert attacks into defenses before you sign off on the eWDP practical challenges.

Instructors: Abraham Aranguren
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Path note

All labs are assignable through Securetain Premium, making it easy to mix self-paced instruction with team-based role-playing exercises.

Snapshot

At a glance

Delivery
Securetain Premium + 24 OWASP-focused labs
Certification
Securetain Security eWDP (Web Defense Professional)
Focus
Mitigation, detection, automation across OWASP Top 10

Overview

Path at a glance

Web Defense Professional teaches you to turn offensive techniques into defensive automation by mapping live OWASP attacks to detection, logging, and mitigation responses.

Labs explain the OWASP Testing Guide step-by-step, show how to tune ModSecurity/Core Rule Set, and pair each finding with detection edits so teams stay ahead of the next breach.

Focus

Focus areas

  1. Step 1

    Translate real-world web attacks from OWASP Top 10, OWASP Testing Guide, and Top 10 Cheat Sheets into repeatable defense playbooks.

  2. Step 2

    Build mitigation, detection, and engineering workflows using OWASP ZAP, OWTF, ModSecurity, OpenSAMM, and the Core Rule Set so defenders keep up with multi-stack workloads.

  3. Step 3

    Pair defensive automation with DevSecOps practices, incident response coordination, and threat hunting signals so application teams can respond faster.

Delivery

How this path is delivered

Securetain Premium’s Web Defense Professional path blends conceptual lessons with 24 labs focused on OWASP tests, secure SDLC blueprints, ModSecurity tuning, runtime detection, and automation to harden web apps.

Certification

Exam focus

Securetain:eWDP (Web Defense Professional credential)

Curriculum

What you'll cover

OWASP Methodology & Testing

Understand the OWASP Testing Guide, move through recon/discovery, and validate each web risk before designing detection controls.

Mitigation Engineering

Build filters, WAF rules, secure headers, and threat models using ModSecurity, Core Rule Set, and policy automation.

Detection & Telemetry

Capture telemetry in SIEMs, logs, and pipelines so defenders can detect injection, authentication flaws, broken access controls, and insecure interfaces.

DevSecOps & Automation

Embed security gates, scans, and runtime monitoring into CI/CD workflows while aligning with OpenSAMM practices.

Labs

Hands-on practice

  1. Complete OWASP Top 10 labs that confirm each attack vector (XSS, SQLi, SSRF, auth bypass, misconfig) and then build detection signatures.
  2. Tuning ModSecurity and Core Rule Set with low false-positive settings for multi-tier applications.
  3. Deploy DevSecOps automation and instrument application telemetry so detection is repeatable and auditable.

Skills

Skills you practice

OWASP Testing Guide methodology and Top 10 defensesModSecurity/Core Rule Set tuning plus policy automationApplication telemetry & detection engineering (logs, SIEMs, alerts)DevSecOps workflows, scanning, and runtime protectionReporting, playbooks, and mitigation planning for modern web workloads

Audience

Ideal learners

  • Application security/DevSecOps teams who protect web and API workloads
  • Defenders shoring up OWASP Top 10, SAST/DAST, and AppSec automation
  • Security architects and SOC analysts translating web findings into operational controls

Availability

What to expect

All labs are assignable through Securetain Premium, making it easy to mix self-paced instruction with team-based role-playing exercises.