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- Price: FREE
- Enrolled: 7034 students
- Language: English
- Certificate: Yes
- Difficulty: Advanced
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What You'll Learn
- Implement secure coding practices in Python and Django to prevent common vulnerabilities like SQL injection
- XSS
- and CSRF attacks
- Configure production-ready Django settings with proper SECRET_KEY management
- secure middleware
- and HTTPS enforcement for deployment
- Build and secure REST APIs with Django REST Framework including authentication
- authorization
- rate limiting
- and input validation
- Deploy hardened Django applications using Docker containers
- reverse proxies
- WAF protection
- and comprehensive security header configurations
- Perform threat modeling and security assessments on web applications to identify vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them
- Automate security testing with tools like Bandit
- Safety
- OWASP ZAP
- and integrate vulnerability scanning into CI/CD pipelines
- Handle sensitive user data securely including password hashing with modern algorithms
- encrypted data storage
- and GDPR-compliant practices
- Respond effectively to security incidents with proper logging
- monitoring using Sentry/Rollbar
- and established incident response procedures
Requirements
- Basic Python programming knowledge including functions
- classes
- variables
- and control flow structures to understand Django code
- Fundamental understanding of web development concepts like HTTP
- URLs
- forms
- and how web applications work in general
- Basic familiarity with Django framework fundamentals (models
- views
- templates) or willingness to learn alongside security concepts
- Computer with Python 3.8+ installed and ability to set up local development environment with pip and virtual environments
- Text editor or IDE installed (VS Code
- PyCharm
- or similar) for writing and editing Python and Django code throughout the course
- No prior security or cybersecurity knowledge required—course teaches security concepts from beginner to advanced levels progressively
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
In today's digital landscape, building applications that "just work" isn't enough. Security breaches cost companies millions and destroy user trust overnight. This comprehensive course transforms you from a developer who writes working code into a security-conscious professional who builds hack-proof applications from the ground up.
Secure Python & Django Development is your complete roadmap to mastering security best practices in web application development. Whether you're building your first Django project or securing existing enterprise applications, this course provides the critical knowledge and practical skills to protect your applications against modern cyber threats.
You'll start with fundamental security principles—understanding the mindset of attackers, learning threat modeling, and adopting secure coding habits that become second nature. Then dive deep into Python-specific security, covering safe password storage, secure dependency management, input validation, and automated vulnerability scanning with industry-standard tools like Bandit and Safety.
The Django-focused modules reveal how to leverage Django's powerful built-in security features while avoiding common pitfalls. Master CSRF protection, secure session management, SQL injection prevention, XSS mitigation, and proper authentication implementation. Learn to configure Django settings for production environments, implement content security policies, and handle file uploads without creating vulnerabilities.
Move beyond basic security into advanced deployment hardening—configuring HTTPS with proper SSL/TLS, implementing security headers, setting up WAF (Web Application Firewall), working with Docker for container security, and managing secrets with tools like HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager. You'll build a complete secure REST API with Django REST Framework, implementing multi-layered authentication, rate limiting, and comprehensive security testing.
Discover AI-powered security testing tools that scan your codebase for vulnerabilities, learn incident response procedures for when attacks occur, and understand compliance requirements like GDPR and HIPAA. Real-world case studies of major Django security failures ensure you learn from others' costly mistakes rather than making them yourself.
By the end of this course, you'll have built secure applications from scratch, implemented defense-in-depth strategies, automated security testing into your CI/CD pipeline, and developed the security mindset that separates professional developers from amateur coders. You'll possess a complete secure To-Do API project demonstrating industry best practices and a security-first portfolio that impresses employers.
Security isn't optional—it's your responsibility as a developer. This course gives you everything needed to meet that responsibility with confidence and competence.
Who this course is for:
- Python and Django developers who want to level up their skills by mastering secure coding practices and building hack-proof applications
- Web developers transitioning to Django who need to understand framework-specific security features and deployment best practices immediately
- Software engineers responsible for maintaining production Django applications and need to identify and fix existing security vulnerabilities quickly
- Computer science students and bootcamp graduates preparing for careers where secure coding and cybersecurity awareness are essential job requirements
- Freelance developers and consultants who need to deliver secure applications to clients and protect their professional reputation from breaches
- DevOps engineers and system administrators who deploy Django applications and need to understand application-level security alongside infrastructure protection
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