What you'll learn

Software delivery is becoming faster than ever and security is always trying to catch up with DevOps. Automated tools have proven to aid with rapid identification of security bugs, but it gets challenging when automated assessments aren't customized to an application's context. In this course, Writing Custom Scripts for OWASP Zed Attack Proxy, you will gain the ability to extend your dynamic application security assessments through the power of custom scripts. First, you will learn the various extension points in OWASP ZAP through the supported scripting types and scripting languages. Next, you will discover how to tackle some of the everyday challenges from effectively communicating security bugs to scripting complicated authentications for automated vulnerability assessments. Finally, you will explore how to identify common vulnerabilities specific to your application's context and guarding against those vulnerabilities coming up again. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of writing custom security scripts needed to incorporate essential DevSecOps activities.