Cybersecurity
Azure Application Security (CAWASP)
This course is a specialized training program designed to teach developers, security engineers, cloud architects, and DevOps professionals how to secure applications running in Microsoft Azure.
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About This Course
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This course is a specialized training program designed to teach developers, security engineers, cloud architects, and DevOps professionals how to secure applications running in Microsoft Azure. This course focuses on modern cloud security principles, application hardening techniques, and Azure-native services that help protect against evolving threats across web, API, and microservice architectures. You’ll learn how to secure authentication and authorization flows, implement least-privilege access, safeguard secrets, defend against common vulnerabilities, and apply secure development practices aligned with OWASP guidelines.
The course also explores Azure tools such as Azure AD, Key Vault, App Service security features, Azure Firewall, WAF, Defender for Cloud, API Management, and managed identity. Through hands-on exercises and real-world security scenarios, you’ll gain the knowledge to design, implement, and maintain secure application environments in Azure while complying with organizational and regulatory requirements.
What You’ll Learn
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Cloud & Application Security Foundations
Core principles of Azure application security
Mapping OWASP best practices to Azure cloud services
Understanding identity, access control, and Zero Trust design
Identity & Access Protection
Securing apps with Azure Active Directory and managed identities
Implementing OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and RBAC
Enforcing conditional access and MFA for sensitive operations
Secrets, Keys & Sensitive Data Protection
Using Azure Key Vault for secrets, certificates, and key management
Encrypting data in transit and at rest
Implementing secure configuration management
Application Layer Security
Protecting APIs with Azure API Management
Preventing common attacks such as injection, XSS, CSRF, SSRF
Securing microservices, containers, and serverless applications
Infrastructure & Network Security
Configuring Azure Firewall, NSGs, and Private Endpoints
Hardening App Service environments
Implementing WAF policies for threat detection and mitigation
Monitoring, Detection & Compliance
Using Defender for Cloud for threat monitoring and security posture management
Responding to alerts and remediating vulnerabilities
Applying secure DevOps and CI/CD scanning practices
Skills You’ll Gain
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Career Path
Cybersecurity
Provider
Vendor Reference
Level
Advanced
Certification
Certification Reference
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