EC-COUNCILEC-Council DevSecOps Essentials
The EC-Council DevSecOps Essentials (DSE) certification introduces the fundamentals of secure application development, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices. It is designed for students, career starters, and professionals with no prior cybersecurity or IT experience. Through hands-on labs and a capstone project, you will learn to identify application risks and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, building a strong foundation for a career in application security and DevSecOps.
1398 practice questions · Updated 2025-01-01
6Domains
31Objectives
220Concepts
1398Questions
DSE Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the DSE exam measures.
- Origins of Application Development
- Evolution of Programming Paradigms
- Rise of Web and Client-Server Models
- Agile and DevOps Movement
- Modern Development Practices
- Monolithic Architecture
- Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Microservices Architecture
- Client-Server Architecture
- Layered (N-Tier) Architecture
- Event-Driven Architecture
- Serverless Architecture
- Waterfall Model
- Agile Development
- DevOps Practices
- CI/CD Pipeline
- Version Control Systems
- Testing in Development Lifecycle
- Deployment Strategies
- Security in SDLC
- Application Testing Fundamentals
- Testing Levels and Types
- Test Planning and Design
- Test Execution and Defect Management
- Quality Assurance Metrics and Reporting
- Identify common application security risks
- Understand the OWASP Top 10
- Analyze OWASP Top 10 categories
- Apply OWASP Top 10 to development
- Secure Design Principles
- Threat Modeling Process
- Threat Identification Techniques
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Secure Coding Fundamentals
- Input Validation and Output Encoding
- Authentication and Authorization Controls
- Error Handling and Logging
- Cryptography in Application Security
- Secure Development Lifecycle Integration
- SAST fundamentals
- DAST fundamentals
- SAST vs DAST comparison
- SAST implementation
- DAST implementation
- SAST and DAST best practices
- DevOps principles
- DevSecOps principles
- Continuous integration (CI)
- Continuous delivery (CD)
- Continuous deployment
- Pipeline stages
- Pipeline automation
- Pipeline security integration
- Define DevSecOps
- Identify DevSecOps principles
- Explain DevSecOps benefits
- Compare DevOps and DevSecOps
- Recognize DevSecOps culture
- Outline DevSecOps practices
- Definition of DevOps
- Definition of DevSecOps
- Key Differences Between DevOps and DevSecOps
- Benefits of DevSecOps
- Cultural and Process Shifts
- Shift-left security definition
- Benefits of shift-left security
- Shift-left security practices
- DevSecOps culture principles
- Fostering a security-first mindset
- Overcoming cultural resistance
- Pillars of DevSecOps
- Benefits of DevSecOps
- Challenges of DevSecOps
- Project Management Tools in DevSecOps
- IDE Tools for Secure Development
- Integration of Project Management and IDE Tools
- Source-code management fundamentals
- Version control systems
- Git basics
- Branching and merging strategies
- Repository hosting and collaboration
- Build tools overview
- Build automation and configuration
- Build artifact management
- Integration of SCM and build tools
- Security in SCM and build
- Continuous testing fundamentals
- Test automation in CI/CD
- Static application security testing (SAST)
- Dynamic application security testing (DAST)
- Software composition analysis (SCA)
- Interactive application security testing (IAST)
- Test coverage and quality gates
- Shift-left testing strategy
- Continuous testing tool integration
- Reporting and feedback loops
- CI tools overview
- CI pipeline fundamentals
- Tool selection criteria
- CI tool configuration
- Integration with version control
- Security integration in CI
- CI best practices
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) fundamentals
- IaC tools overview
- Configuration management fundamentals
- Configuration management tools
- IaC vs. configuration management
- Declarative vs. imperative approaches
- Idempotency and drift management
- Integration in DevSecOps pipeline
- Continuous Monitoring Fundamentals
- Monitoring Tools Overview
- Log Aggregation and Analysis
- Metrics and Alerting
- Integration with CI/CD
- Compliance and Auditing
- CI/CD Pipeline Fundamentals
- DevSecOps Principles
- Security Integration Points
- Automated Security Testing
- Pipeline Security
- Compliance and Governance
- Monitoring and Feedback
- Pipeline Stages
- Security Integration Points
- Automation of Security Checks
- Pipeline as Code
- Feedback Loops
- Artifact Security
- Environment Security
- Continuous Monitoring
- Security integration points in CI/CD
- Shift-left security practices
- Automated security testing in pipelines
- Pipeline security gates
- Secure artifact management
- Secrets management in pipelines
- Infrastructure as code security
- Continuous compliance monitoring
- Security as Code principles
- Policy as Code implementation
- Security scanning integration in pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code security
- Secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security testing in CI/CD
- Security pipeline gates and approvals
- Continuous security monitoring and feedback
- Application Assessment Fundamentals
- Threat Modeling for Applications
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
- Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)
- Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
- Penetration Testing in CI/CD
- Vulnerability Management and Remediation
- Security Testing Tools Integration
- Reporting and Metrics for Security Assessments
- Threat modeling fundamentals
- Threat modeling process
- Threat modeling methodologies
- Integrating threat modeling into planning
- Threat modeling tools
- Documenting and communicating threats
- Secure Coding Fundamentals
- Threat Modeling in Code Stage
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Code Review for Security
- Secure Coding Standards and Guidelines
- Input Validation and Output Encoding
- Authentication and Authorization Controls
- Error Handling and Logging Security
- Cryptography in Code
- Dependency and Supply Chain Security
- Security Testing Integration in CI/CD
- Remediation and Fixing Vulnerabilities
- SAST integration in CI/CD
- DAST integration in CI/CD
- IAST integration in CI/CD
- Tool selection and configuration
- Automation and orchestration
- Result analysis and remediation
- Pipeline integration best practices
- RASP fundamentals
- RASP integration in CI/CD
- VAPT fundamentals
- VAPT integration in release and deploy
- RASP and VAPT complementary roles
- Automation of security testing
- Handling findings and remediation
- IaC Fundamentals
- IaC Tooling
- IaC Security Practices
- IaC Integration in CI/CD
- IaC Monitoring and Feedback
- Configuration orchestration fundamentals
- Orchestration tools and platforms
- Integrating orchestration with monitoring
- Feedback loops in orchestration
- Security in configuration orchestration
- Compliance as Code Fundamentals
- Policy-as-Code Integration
- Automated Compliance Validation
- Compliance Drift Detection
- Compliance Reporting and Auditing
- CaC Tooling and Frameworks
- CaC in Incident Response
- Logging Fundamentals
- Monitoring Strategies
- Alerting Mechanisms
- Integration of Logging, Monitoring, and Alerting
- Feedback Loops in DevSecOps
- Continuous Feedback Loop Fundamentals
- Feedback Sources and Collection
- Feedback Integration in CI/CD
- Automated Feedback Mechanisms
- Feedback Analysis and Prioritization
- Closing the Loop: Remediation and Improvement
- Feedback Loop Metrics and KPIs
- Culture and Collaboration for Feedback
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