Application Security Engineer Learning Path
Follow this curated learning path to effectively secure applications and APIs as an Application Security Engineer.
These courses guide you through Datadog products tailored to meet the daily needs of application security teams. Engage in hands-on practice within live demo environments to analyze security traces, block suspicious traffic, and investigate application-level attacks.
This path is designed for Application Security Engineers responsible for detecting and responding to application-level attacks.
You’ll learn how to do the following:
Getting Started with APM Metrics & Traces
Monitor service health and performance with Application Performance Management. Explore traces to understand requests and interactions between services. Track key metrics to understand trends that impact system behavior and user experience.
Detect Web Application Attacks with App & API Protection
Detect common attacks against a vulnerable web application using Datadog Application & API Protection. Configure App & API Protection for your services and create a custom detection rule to enhance your defenses.
Block Application Attacks with Application & API Protection
Block application attacks using Datadog Application & API Protection. Use the In-App WAF and Denylist to block suspicious IP addresses and requests. Add user information and custom business logic to traces and block malicious users.
Introduction to Incident Management
In this course, you learn about managing incidents by working through a hands-on example with Datadog Incident Management. You also learn how to use Slack to effectively communicate incident status to your team.
