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OWASP Certified Secure Software Developer

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Shruti Kulkarni, October 3, 2025

To develop applications we need code. To write code we need developers. And to develop secure applications, developers need to write code that does not result in or have vulnerabilities.

OWASP is about application security - be it web application, mobile application, applications developed with low-code-no-code, infrastructure-as-code, etc.

OWASP is currently working on a new initiative to create a certification program for developers. It is named OWASP Certified Secure-Software Developer - OCSD.

This certification is aimed to help developers to showcase their skills in writing secure code.

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