Advanced API security Mastery: Blueprint
RCCE students will learn API security assessment, design, and protection including REST API authentication, API gateway configuration, rate limiting, input validation, OAuth token management, and API abuse detection. RCCE students will learn to identify API vulnerabilities including broken object-level authorization, broken authentication, excessive data exposure, lack of resources and rate limiting, broken function-level authorization, and mass assignment. The course covers API threat modeling, implementing API security controls, monitoring API traffic for abuse patterns, securing GraphQL endpoints, and building API security into development workflows. This advanced mastery course challenges experienced practitioners with complex scenarios, expert-level techniques, and nuanced decision-making. At an expert level, RCCE students will learn to handle the most demanding situations in this domain, developing the expertise expected of senior security professionals. Students tackle multi-layered problems that require synthesizing knowledge across multiple disciplines.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing Advanced API security Mastery: Blueprint
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for domain focus — covering API security assessment, design & protection.
- Execute hands-on tasks for core competencies — covering Authentication & authorization architecture.
- Execute hands-on tasks for skill level — covering Advanced mastery for senior practitioners.
- Execute hands-on tasks for topic map: 18 knowledge domains — covering Attack surface & trends, Keys, JWT, mTLS, Flows, tokens, scopes.
- Execute hands-on tasks for api threat landscape — covering Attack surface & trends, Keys, JWT, mTLS, Flows, tokens, scopes.
- Execute hands-on tasks for oauth 2.0 mastery — covering Attack surface & trends, Keys, JWT, mTLS, Flows, tokens, scopes.
- Execute hands-on tasks for keys, jwt, mtls — covering Flows, tokens, scopes, Routing, policies, WAF.
- Execute hands-on tasks for owasp api top 10 — covering Throttle algorithms, Schema enforcement, All ten categories.
- Execute hands-on tasks for topic map (continued)
- Execute hands-on tasks for broken auth
- Execute hands-on tasks for data exposure
| Module 01 | Course Overview |
| Module 02 | Domain Focus |
| Module 03 | Core Competencies |
| Module 04 | Skill Level |
| Module 05 | Topic Map: 18 Knowledge Domains |
| Module 06 | API Threat Landscape |
| Module 07 | OAuth 2.0 Mastery |
| Module 08 | Keys, JWT, mTLS |
| Module 09 | OWASP API Top 10 |
| Module 10 | Topic Map (Continued) |
| Module 11 | Broken Auth |
| Module 12 | Data Exposure |
| Module 13 | Function-Level Authz |
| Module 14 | Attack Paths |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice advanced api security mastery: blueprint by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for domain focus
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for core competencies
- Lab 4: Execute hands-on tasks for skill level
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for topic map: 18 knowledge domains
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for Advanced API security Mastery: Blueprint, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI