Security Playgrounds

What are Security Playgrounds

What Are Security Playgrounds?

Security Playgrounds are hands-on, sandbox-style environments designed to teach secure coding practices through real-world scenarios. Whether you're a developer or a cloud engineer, you'll learn how to defend against vulnerabilities while improving your programming skills.

Building on AppSecEngineer’s hands-on labs, Security Playgrounds focus on teaching critical security skills. Whatever language you use, there’s a playground tailored to your needs.

Learn how to effectively use a playground in our detailed guide on Using a Playground.

How It Works:

  1. Choose a scenario based on your tech stack and security interests.

  2. Provision the lab, which is pre-configured with all necessary tools.

  3. Learn by exploring vulnerabilities and applying security fixes with guided instructions.

  4. Clean Up effortlessly—environments are auto-deleted when you finish.

With a mix of offensive and defensive techniques, you'll attack a target with a specific vulnerability and then secure it using what you've learned.

What You’ll Gain:

By the end of a Playground, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand how OWASP's Top 10 vulnerabilities affect your apps.

  • Simplify complex security challenges for your tech stack.

  • Apply offensive security techniques for vulnerabilities like Log4Shell, SQL Injection, and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

  • Gain hands-on experience defending against and fixing dangerous vulnerabilities.

Who Should Use Playgrounds?

  • Developers seeking better secure coding practices.

  • Cloud engineers looking to strengthen product security.

  • Anyone passionate about hands-on application security

Available Playgrounds:

  • Angular JS

  • React JS

  • Node JS

  • Python

  • Java

  • Go

  • Swift

  • Ruby on Rails

  • Kotlin

  • Scala

Find an available playground and start testing your skills with our guide on Find a playground.

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