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🧩 Application Security

Cybersecurity career path

Build and test secure software across the development lifecycle.

Typical roles

• AppSec Engineer
• Web App Pentester
• DevSecOps Engineer

Suggested certifications, by phase

Foundation

• Security+ CompTIA Security+
• PDSO CDP PDSO Certified DevSecOps Professional

Core

• CASE EC Council Certified Application Security Engineer (.NET or Java)
• GWEB GIAC Certified Web Application Defender
• BSCP Portswigger Burp Suite Certified Practioner
• eWPT eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester

Advanced

• CSSLP (ISC)2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional
• GWAPT GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester
• OSWA Offensive Security Web Assessor
• PDSO CDE PDSO Certified DevSecOps Expert

Mastery

• OSWE Offensive Security Web Expert
• HTB CWEE Hack the Box Certified Web Exploitation Expert

A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.