Developer Security Knowledge Assessments
Learn about Developer Security Knowledge Assessments — a tool for evaluating developers’ secure coding and application security understanding. Discover how to set up, configure, and use assessments to benchmark skills, identify gaps, and drive targeted training for stronger security proficiency.
What are Assessments?
Assessments is a powerful tool designed to evaluate developers' understanding of secure coding and application security principles. Our assessment helps organizations measure and improve their teams' security proficiency, ensuring they are equipped to build secure applications from the ground up.
Key Features and Benefits
Our Assessments test developers' knowledge in key security areas. These assessments allow you to:
- Establish a security knowledge baseline
- You can learn more about developers’ current skills, highlight strengths and weaknesses, and use this information to implement targeted training programs.
- Identify gaps in secure coding practices, secure development methodologies, and core security concepts.
- Offer a streamlined training experience by allowing developers to test out of content they already know.
Assessment Categories
We currently offer four assessment categories. You can choose to assess developers on any or all the following categories:
Secure Coding
- Targets specific issues from OWASP Top 10 and CWE Top 25
- Available languages include: C#, JavaScript, Python, Pseudocode, C++ and Java
- Includes interactive multiple-choice questions where developers select the correct code block, identify vulnerabilities, or determine the best remediation.
Note: This is our recommendation for your entire developer organization
Core Security Concepts
- Focuses on DevSecOps principles, the Secure Development Lifecycle, and Threat Modeling
- Multiple Choice
Secure Development & Design
- Evaluates knowledge of fundamental security terms, principles, and organizational security culture
- Multiple Choice
Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models
- Assess the learner's knowledge of foundational concepts and advanced attack vectors in contemporary AI/LLM security.
- Multiple Choice
For a deep dive into our Assessment types with example questions and topics covered, check out Assessment Categories.