OWASP Top 10 Architecture and Guardrails
RCCE students will learn the OWASP Top 10 web application security risks including injection attacks, broken authentication, sensitive data exposure, XML external entities, broken access control, security misconfiguration, cross-site scripting, insecure deserialization, using components with known vulnerabilities, and insufficient logging and monitoring. RCCE students will learn to identify each vulnerability class in source code and running applications, exploit vulnerabilities in controlled lab environments, implement secure coding remediation for each risk category, integrate OWASP testing into development workflows, and use OWASP tools including ZAP and dependency-check. This architecture course teaches secure system design using proven patterns, guardrails, and reference architectures. At an expert level, RCCE students will learn to evaluate design options against security requirements, make informed trade-off decisions, and build systems that are resilient by design. Students gain the architectural thinking skills needed for security engineering and solution design roles.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing OWASP Top 10 Architecture and Guardrails
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Execute hands-on tasks for advanced web application security engineering
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals — covering All 10 vulnerability categories.
- Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement, including patterns & guardrails.
- Execute hands-on tasks for owasp top 10 risks — covering All 10 vulnerability categories.
- Execute hands-on tasks for tooling & automation — covering OWASP ZAP & dependency-check.
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation, including Detection signal mapping.
- Execute hands-on tasks for key 2021 changes
- Execute hands-on tasks for architectural shift — covering New: SSRF, Software Integrity Failures, Move from bugs to root causes.
- Execute hands-on tasks for risk level
- Execute hands-on tasks for key control
- Execute hands-on tasks for broken access control
| Module 01 | Architecture and Guardrails |
| Module 02 | Advanced Web Application Security Engineering |
| Module 03 | Course Overview |
| Module 04 | Secure Architecture |
| Module 05 | OWASP Top 10 Risks |
| Module 06 | Tooling & Automation |
| Module 07 | Incident Response |
| Module 08 | Key 2021 Changes |
| Module 09 | Architectural Shift |
| Module 10 | Risk Level |
| Module 11 | Key Control |
| Module 12 | Broken Access Control |
| Module 13 | Cryptographic Failures |
| Module 14 | A01: Broken Access Control |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice owasp top 10 architecture and guardrails by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 2: Execute hands-on tasks for advanced web application security engineering
- Lab 3: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 4: Design a scalable privilege management architecture with policy and enforcement
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for owasp top 10 risks
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for OWASP Top 10 Architecture and Guardrails, 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