Africoders Certified Applied Security Practitioner
Competency credential after required learning, certification assessment, practical evidence, and Africoders review. Not a Certificate of Completion.
Premium prepares you. A Certificate of Completion proves you finished the course. Professional certification still needs a dedicated assessment, practical project, and human review.
Preparation required
Complete these Premium course(s) and earn a Certificate of Completion before you can apply.
How certification is earned
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Step 1 · Prepare
Finish the required Premium course(s) and Certificate of Completion
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Step 2 · Assess
50 questions · 60 min · 80% to pass
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Step 3 · Practical
Submit the evidence-led project for rubric review
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Step 4 · Review
Human review → Africoders Professional Certification (AFC)
This assessment is not proctored. Course quizzes are learning evidence — not this credential.
Assessment snapshot
What you are preparing for (exam questions are never shown here).
50
Questions
60m
Time limit
80%
Pass score
2
Max attempts
Defensive application security assessment and remediation
Threat-model and assess a permitted application, implement selected remediations, and deliver evidence suitable for engineering and incident owners.
- Explicit authorization, scope, rules of engagement, assets, and data-handling plan
- Architecture and data-flow threat model with prioritized abuse cases
- Reproducible findings spanning identity, authorization, input, secrets, dependencies, and operations
- Verified remediations for selected high-value risks with regression tests
- Detection, response, residual-risk, and governance recommendations
Pass threshold: 70% on the reviewer rubric.
Competencies you demonstrate
- Threat modelling, identity, authorization, and secure application and API boundaries
- Practical cryptography, secrets, cloud, infrastructure, detection, and incident response
- Risk-based vulnerability management, governance, privacy, and human-centered security