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DevSecOps Practitioner
Embed security into modern software delivery with hands-on skills for building, securing, and governing cloud-native applications at scale.
Skill level
IntermediateTime to complete
Approx. 11 hoursCertificate of completion
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About this skill path
The DevSecOps Practitioner journey is a comprehensive, hands-on learning path designed for engineers, security professionals, and DevOps practitioners who want to embed security seamlessly into modern software delivery. This journey equips you with the practical skills and strategic mindset needed to build, secure, monitor, and govern cloud-native applications at scale.
Syllabus
Track 1: DevSecOps Practitioner
In this track, you will learn how to secure CI/CD pipelines, implement advanced static and dynamic testing, protect containers and Kubernetes environments, and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security. Master secrets management at scale, automate compliance as code, strengthen runtime threat detection and response, and drive continuous governance and risk management.
course DevSecOps Practitioner: Secure Pipelinescourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Advanced Static and Dynamic Analysiscourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Container and Kubernetes Securitycourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Securitycourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Secrets and Credential Management at Scalecourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Compliance as Codecourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Runtime Threat Detection & Responsecourse DevSecOps Practitioner: Continuous Governance & Risk Management
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