Omni Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE .NET) Training

The training program for becoming a Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE) with a focus on Java is a hands-on, comprehensive application security course that prepares software professionals with the necessary capabilities expected by employers and academia globally. It covers security activities in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and emphasizes the implementation of secure methodologies and practices in today’s insecure operating environment

Course Key Learnings:

• Understand secure SDLC and secure SDLC models in-depth
• Apply the knowledge of OWASP Top 10, threat modelling, SAST and DAST
• Capture security requirements of an application in development
• Define, maintain and enforce application security best practices
• Perform manual and automated code review of application
• Conduct application security testing for web applications to assess the vulnerabilities
• Drive the development of a holistic application security program
• Rate the severity of defects and publishing comprehensive reports detailing associated risks and mitigations
• Work in teams to improve security posture
• Use Application security scanning technologies such as AppScan, Fortify, WebInspect, static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), single sign-on, and encryption
• Follow secure coding standards that are based on industry-accepted best practices such as OWASP Guide, or CERT Secure Coding to address common coding vulnerabilities.
• Create a software source code review process that is a part of the development cycles (SDLC, Agile, CI/CD)

Course Content:

  Module1- Understanding Application Security, Threats and Attacks

• What is a Secure Application
• Need for Application Security
• Most Common Application Level Attacks
• Why Applications become Vulnerable to Attacks
• What Consistutes Comprehensive Application Security ?
• Insecure Application: A Software Development Problem
• Software Security Standards, Models and Frameworks

Module-2 Security Requirements Gathering

• Importance of Gathering Security Requirements
• Security Requirement Engineering (SRE)
• Abuse Case and Security Use Case Modeling
• Abuser amd Security Stories
• Security Quality Requirements Engneering (SQUARE)
• Operationally Critical Threat, Asset and Vulnerability Evaluation (OCTAVE)

Module -3 Secure Application Design and Architecture

• Relative Cost of Fixing Vulnerabilities at Different Phases of SDLC
• Secure Application Design and Architecture
• Goal of Secure Design Process
• Secure Design Actions
• Secure Design Principles
• Threat Modeling
• Decompose Application
• Secure Application Architecture

 Module4- Secure Coding Practices for Input Validation

• Input Validation
• Why Input Validation ?
• Input Validation Specification
• Input Validation Approaches
• Input Filtering
• Secure Coding Practices for Input Validation: Web Forms
• Secure Coding Practices for Input Validation: ASP.NET Core
• Secure Coding Practices for Input Validation: MVC

Module5- Secure Coding Practices for Authentication and Authorization

• Authentication and Authorization
• Common Threats on User Authentication and Authorization
• Authentication and Authorization: Web Forms
• Authentication and Authorization: ASP .NET Core
• Authentication and Authorization: MVC
• Authentication and Authorization Defensive Techniques : Web Forms
• Authentication and Authorization Defensive Techniques : ASP .NET Core
• Authentication and Authorization Defensive Techniques : MVC

Module6-Secure Coding Practices for Cryptography

• Cryptographic
• Ciphers
• Block Ciphers Modes
• Symmetric Encryption Keys
• Asymmetric Encryption Keys
• Functions of Cryptography
• Use of Cryptography to Mitigate Common Application Security Threats
• Cryptographic Attacks
• Techniques Attackers Use to Steal Cryptographic Keys
• What should you do to Secure .Net Applications for Cryptographic Attacks
• .NET Cryptographic Name Spaces
• .NET Cryptographic Class Hierarchy
• Symmetric Encryption
• Symmetric Encryption: Defensive Coding Techniques
• Asymmetric Encryption
• Asymmetric Encryption: Defensive Coding Techniques
• Hashing
• Digital Signatures
• Digital Certificates
• XML SIgnatures
• ASP.NET Core Specific Secure Cryptography Practices

 Module7- Secure Coding Practices for Session Management

• What are Exceptions/Runtime Errors ?
• Need for Secure Error/Exception Handling
• Consequences of Detailed Error Message
• Exposing Detailed Error Messages
• Considerations: Designing Secure Error Messages
• Secure Exception Handling
• Handling Exceptions in an Application
• Defensve Coding practices against Information Disclosure
• Defensive Coding practices against Improper Error Handling
• ASP .NET Core: Secure Error Handling Practices
• Secure Auditing and Logging
• Tracing .NET
• Auditing and Logging Security Checklists

Module-8 Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST and DAST)

• Static Application Security Testing
• Manual Secure Code Review for Most Common Vulnerabilities
• Code Review: Check List Approach
• SAST Finding
• SAST Report
• Dynamic Application Security Testing
• Automated Application Vulnerability Scanning Tools
• Proxy-based Security Testing Tools
• Choosing between SAST and DAST

 Module -9Secure Deployment and Maintenance

• Secure Deployment
• Prior Deployment Activity
• Deployment Activities: Ensuring Security at Various Levels
• Ensuring Security at Host Level
• Ensuring Security at Network Level
• Ensuring Security at Application Level
• Web Application Firewall (WAF)
• Ensuring Security at IIS Level
• Sites and Virtual Directories
• ISAPI Filters
• Ensuring Security at .NET Level
• Ensuring Security at SQL Server Level
• Security Maintenance and Monitoring