Featured resource
2025 Tech Upskilling Playbook
Tech Upskilling Playbook

Build future-ready tech teams and hit key business milestones with seven proven plays from industry leaders.

Check it out
  • Course

OWASP Top 10 Security Risks

This course will introduce you to the OWASP organization and their list of the top 10 web application security risks. The course will analyze these risks from the attacker's perspective and provide defensive techniques to protect against these risks.

Beginner
1h 2m

Created by Chris Jackson

Last Updated Jan 08, 2026

Course Thumbnail
  • Course

OWASP Top 10 Security Risks

This course will introduce you to the OWASP organization and their list of the top 10 web application security risks. The course will analyze these risks from the attacker's perspective and provide defensive techniques to protect against these risks.

Beginner
1h 2m

Created by Chris Jackson

Last Updated Jan 08, 2026

Get started today

Access this course and other top-rated tech content with one of our business plans.

Try this course for free

Access this course and other top-rated tech content with one of our individual plans.

This course is included in the libraries shown below:

  • Security
What you'll learn

Many developers and security professionals struggle to understand the most critical web application vulnerabilities and how attackers exploit them. In this course, OWASP Top 10 Security Risks, you’ll learn to identify, exploit, and defend against the most common and impactful web application security threats defined by OWASP. First, you’ll explore the OWASP organization and its various projects related to application security. Next, you’ll discover how attackers target these weaknesses through real-world examples and demonstrations. Finally, you’ll learn how to implement defensive strategies, secure coding practices, and cloud-ready mitigations to protect your applications. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of OWASP Top 10 web application security risks needed to evaluate the application security posture and build more secure, resilient systems from the ground up.

OWASP Top 10 Security Risks
Beginner
1h 2m
Table of contents

About the author
Chris Jackson - Pluralsight course - OWASP Top 10 Security Risks
Chris Jackson
29 courses 4.7 author rating 23 ratings

Chris Jackson is a cybersecurity professional with years of experience in identifying security incidents, securing applications and security training. Over the years, he has tested web applications for vulnerabilities, helped deploy SIEM platforms and more. He is passionate about teaching cybersecurity and committed to learning new technologies.

2025 Forrester Wave™ names Pluralsight as a Leader among tech skills dev platforms

See how our offering and strategy stack up.

forrester wave report