Security Basics for Developers: Secrets, Dependencies and Code Review
Security basics for a developer's day: secrets out of code, dependency vulnerabilities, the most common web weaknesses, security-minded code review, and reporting.
This course shows developers where security enters their daily work. It covers keeping secrets such as keys, tokens and credentials out of code and chat, managing dependencies and their known vulnerabilities, the most common web weaknesses, code review with security in mind, and how to report a vulnerability. It’s written for developers and product teams.
Many security problems start with an ordinary development shortcut: an API key committed to a repository, an outdated library, or input nobody validated. Developers are under pressure to ship, and security is often treated as someone else’s job, checked late or not at all. Customers increasingly ask about secure development in their security reviews, and a single leaked secret or unpatched dependency can expose the whole product.
Scenarios and a knowledge check
Web and mobile app, including offline
Content
Lesson 1
Where security enters a developer's day
Lesson 2
Secrets: keys, tokens and credentials out of code and chat
Lesson 3
Dependencies: known vulnerabilities and updates
Lesson 4
Input, access and the most common web weaknesses (the current OWASP Top 10, in outline)
Lesson 5
Code review with security in mind
Lesson 6
Reporting a vulnerability you find
Builds on
Recommended before this course. Every course stands on its own and restates what it relies on, so none of these is a requirement.
Security Basics for Developers: Secrets, Dependencies and Code Review FAQ
Yes. Every TechClass user license includes the Essentials courses in the Course Library, and this is one of them. There is no fee per course or per learner.
About 60 minutes, in short lessons. It is self-paced, so a learner can stop and continue on any device, including the mobile app, and offline.
Yes. A certificate of completion is issued when the knowledge check is passed, and the completion is recorded for your reporting.
It supports one, where a rule asks that people are trained on the subject, and TechClass records who completed it. Whether a requirement is met depends on your own policies and processes, so that is a question for your compliance lead or legal adviser.
Library courses are ready to use as they are. You can build and fully edit your own courses in TechClass, including from your own policies with the AI Course Creator, and combine both in one learning program.
An Essentials course gives everyone the concepts and rules in about an hour. A Skills course goes deeper for the roles that need it: about 8 hours with practice, a graded assessment and a certificate that lists the skills, licensed per learner.
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Security basics for a developer's day: secrets out of code, dependency vulnerabilities, the most common web weaknesses, security-minded code review, and reporting.