Application Security for Developers and DevOps Professionals
- Free
- No certificate
- Intermediate
- 17 hours
Application Security for Developers and DevOps Professionals, course code CS0201EN, is an intermediate Cognitive Class course from IBM Skills Network with an estimated effort of 17 hours, taught in English, and the page says a certificate is offered. The course takes the developer's side of security: it starts with identifying vulnerabilities and monitoring the health of applications and systems, then moves to secure coding practices meant to stop data breaches and leaks, DevSecOps practices that automate security checks across the software development lifecycle, static application security testing for spotting flaws in code, and dynamic analysis and testing. A section on building a secure development environment covers both on-premises and cloud setups, and the OWASP top application security risks, including broken access control and SQL injection, are worked through.
The final part turns to monitoring, observability and evaluation: the components of a monitoring system, application performance monitoring tools, the Golden Signals, visualisation and logging tools, and metrics and alerting. Teaching is by video, hands-on labs, peer discussion and practice and graded assessments. Cognitive Class states that all its courses are free of charge; the page also lists it as one of the courses in the IBM DevOps and Software Engineering Professional Certificate, a separate programme whose Cognitive Class page states no price and which Coursera offers under its subscription; neither is needed for this course.
What you’ll learn
- Identify security risks and threats in applications and systems
- Apply secure coding practices and DevSecOps across the software development lifecycle
- Use static and dynamic application security testing to find flaws
- Set up a secure development environment on premises and in the cloud
- Recognise the OWASP top application security risks such as broken access control and SQL injection
- Monitor applications with observability, logging, the Golden Signals and APM tools
Who it’s for
Developers and DevOps engineers who already code and want to build security into their pipeline. Not an introduction to security concepts for non-programmers.
Course details
- Skills covered
- Application Development
- Network Security
- Observability
- Security Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Software Security
On cognitiveclass.ai
Rated 4.7 out of 5 by 257 learners; 17,100 enrolled, as shown on the course page on 20 Oct 2026. These are cognitiveclass.ai’s own figures, not ours.
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