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Secure Coding Best Practices

This course will teach you about secure coding; what you should be doing and when you should be doing it to secure any type of application from attack.

Intermediate
1h 22m
(7)

Created by Gavin Johnson-Lynn

Last Updated Sep 11, 2025

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Secure Coding Best Practices

This course will teach you about secure coding; what you should be doing and when you should be doing it to secure any type of application from attack.

Intermediate
1h 22m
(7)

Created by Gavin Johnson-Lynn

Last Updated Sep 11, 2025

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What you'll learn

Security is yet another thing your code needs to do, not just to keep customers and businesses safe, but potentially for compliance and regulations too! Do it badly and you’re going to have big problems. In this course, Secure Coding Best Practices, you’ll learn to identify why, when, and where you’ll need to apply security to your applications. First, you’ll explore the core concepts of software security, the big reasons for securing your code. Next, you’ll discover the many places in which you’ll want to consider security. Finally, you’ll see some of the options for tooling that really help to make securing your software easier. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge around best practices for secure coding to identify where you need to focus your security efforts!

Secure Coding Best Practices
Intermediate
1h 22m
(7)
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Gavin Johnson-Lynn - Pluralsight course - Secure Coding Best Practices
Gavin Johnson-Lynn
17 courses 4.5 author rating 358 ratings

Gavin is passionate about security and has an extensive background in software development in regulated environments. He currently works in a Red Team at a FTSE 100 company.

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