Learning Path

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:

Use security traces and security signals to investigate application attacks
Instrument applications to send security traces and custom security events to Datadog
Add authenticated user information to security traces and block traffic from malicious users
Automate blocking and use the Datadog In-App WAF to slow down attackers in real-time
Manage security incidents with Datadog Incident Management

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.

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Detect Application Attacks with Application Security Management

Detect attacks against a vulnerable web application using Datadog Application Security Management (ASM) and Cloud Security Management (CSM). Create a custom ASM detection rule to enhance your defenses.

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Block Application Attacks with ASM Protection

Block application attacks using Datadog Application Security Management. Use the ASM In-App WAF and ASM Denylist to block suspicious IP addresses and requests. Add user information and custom business logic to traces and block malicious users.

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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.

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