01 - Introduction to Architectural Security Design Principles
Explore the fundamental principles of architectural security engineering, Saltzer and Schroeder's design rules adapted for modern cloud-native systems, root causes of architectural failures, and industry security frameworks.
02 - Core Structural & Resilience Security Patterns
Master foundational structural security design patterns including Circuit Breakers, Token Bucket Rate Limiting, Secure Factories, Bulkheads, and Container Jails with production code snippets in Python, Go, and Java.
03 - Secure Data Patterns & Cryptography
Master advanced data security design patterns including Envelope Encryption with KMS/DEK, Format-Preserving Tokenization, Input Sanitization Pipelines, and Cryptographic Immutable Ledger Auditing.
04 - Microservice & Distributed System Security Patterns
Master microservice security patterns including Sidecar Proxies (Envoy), API Gateways, OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange (RFC 8693), SPIFFE/SPIRE mTLS Workload Identity, and Zero Trust Architecture.
05 - Threat Modeling Frameworks and STRIDE
Master threat modeling methodologies including the STRIDE framework, Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), PASTA 7-stage risk analysis, LINDDUN privacy threat modeling, and automated threat modeling tools.
06 - Hands-on Lab: Secure Architecture Refactoring & Verification
Refactor a vulnerable monolithic microservice into a hardened, production-grade architecture incorporating Circuit Breakers, Envelope Encryption, Token Bucket Rate Limiting, and Cryptographic Audit Chains.
07 - References & Standards
Comprehensive references, industry security standards, RFC specifications, foundational literature, open-source security tools, and real-world CVE case studies.
Security Design Patterns
Master architectural security design principles, core resilience patterns, cryptographic data patterns, microservice security, threat modeling, and hands-on secure refactoring.