OWASP Top 10: Web Application Security in 30 Minutes (2025)

Name: OWASP Top 10: Web Application Security in 30 Minutes (2025)
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Learn to secure web apps from the most common vulnerabilities

Created byEssential Credential

Last updated 2/2025

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What you'll learn

Understand what the OWASP Top 10 is and why it matters
Identify common web vulnerabilities and security risks
Learn how attackers exploit weak web applications
Discover basic strategies to prevent security threats.
Build a security-first mindset for web development.
Gain a solid foundation for further security learning

Course content

2 sections • 11 lectures • 32m total length

Introduction0:54
Explore the OWASP top ten to identify and mitigate web application security risks, with clear explanations, real-world examples, and actionable guidance to protect and secure applications.

Broken Access Control3:25
Explains broken access control as a critical vulnerability caused by weak permission checks that can expose data or allow account takeovers. Learn prevention via least privilege and server-side checks.
Cryptographic Failures4:20
Learn how cryptographic failures expose sensitive data and how to prevent them with modern encryption, secure key management, and password hashing with unique salts, illustrated by practical examples.
Injection2:30
Explore injections, a top vulnerability in the owasp top ten, and see how untrusted input can become code through vulnerable queries while learning prevention with input validation and parameterized queries.
Insecure Design2:25
Identify how insecure design in architecture and workflows, an OWASP top ten vulnerability, enables data breaches and unauthorized access, and prevent it through secure development practices and threat modeling.
Security Misconfiguration2:31
Learn how security misconfigurations expose systems through default settings, exposed files, and detailed error messages; discover prevention with configuration hardening, automated scans, and real-world examples.
Vulnerable and Outdated Components3:22
Identify vulnerable and outdated components, including plugins and libraries, and update to the latest versions while monitoring vulnerabilities to prevent attacks and data breaches in your web applications.
Identification and Authentication Failures2:33
Identify and mitigate authentication failures by enforcing strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, and secure session management to prevent credential stuffing and session hijacking.
Software and Data Integrity Failures3:22
Understand software and data integrity failures when updates and dependencies aren't verified, risking tampering and malware, and learn how digital signatures and secure ci/cd pipelines prevent these attacks.
Security Logging and Monitoring Failures3:32
Explore security logging and monitoring failures, their impact on breach detection and alerting, and how centralized logging, real-time monitoring, and audits prevent attacks and data loss.
Server-Side Request Forgery3:31
Discover server-side request forgery (ssrf) and how attackers manipulate a web server to access internal resources, with defenses like strict request validation, allowlists, and input checks.

Requirements

No previous experience required.

Description

“OWASP Top 10: Web Application Security in 30 Minutes” is designed to quickly teach you how to identify and prevent the most common web application security risks. In just half an hour, you’ll learn practical techniques to protect web apps from real threats, making this the perfect course for busy developers, security professionals, or anyone looking to improve their cybersecurity skills.

This course breaks down the OWASP Top 10 in a clear and straightforward way. You’ll see how common vulnerabilities like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and broken authentication can be exploited—and more importantly, how to prevent them. No unnecessary jargon, just real-world examples and best practices you can apply right away.

The OWASP Top 10 is a globally recognized security framework used by organizations everywhere. Understanding these risks isn’t just helpful—it’s essential for building secure web applications and staying ahead of attackers.

This course is fast, focused, and practical. No fluff, no overly technical explanations—just exactly what you need to know to improve web security in the shortest time possible.

By the end, you’ll have a solid understanding of the OWASP Top 10 and the skills to better secure web applications. Whether you’re looking to advance your career or just want to build safer apps, this course will give you the knowledge you need—quickly and efficiently.

If you have any questions along the way, feel free to reach out!

Who this course is for:

Developers, IT professionals, and anyone new to web security who wants a fast, practical introduction to the OWASP Top 10 and fundamental web application security principles

OWASP Top 10: Web Application Security in 30 Minutes (2025)

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Introduction1 lecture • 1min

OWASP Top 1010 lectures • 32min

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