API Cybersecurity Course

What is this course for?

Secure API design, authentication and protection.

🚀 API Security Fundamentals: Learn about API architectures and the OWASP API Security Top 10.
🚀 API Authentication and Authorization: Apply OAuth 2.0 and JWT, and control authorization flaws such as BOLA and BFLA.
🚀 Protecting Data in Transit and in Use: Encrypt communications and validate inputs to avoid excessive data exposure.
🚀 API Management and Monitoring: Use gateways, rate limits and monitoring to detect anomalous behavior.
🚀 API Lifecycle Governance: Inventory your APIs, manage versions and apply continuous security testing.

With this course you'll create, optimize, automate or improve the following projects:

🚀 You'll configure web application protection systems (WAF, DDoS, rate limiting).


Course	API Cybersecurity Course
Learning path	CyberGuardián
Domain	CAP — Application Cybersecurity
Level	Advanced
Aimed at	Organizational security specialists and leads
Prerequisites	We recommend completing the CyberUsuario learning path first
Format	Online, self-paced
Language	Spanish (English translation available)
Modules	5
Lessons	15
Estimated reading time	~15 minutes (not counting practice or assessment)
Material	Text lessons and a downloadable course diagram (Excalidraw)
Content access	Free: open, open-source content (MIT license)
Assessment	Online, 60 minutes, at least 80% correct answers, 2 attempts. Requires a subscription
Diploma	Yes, when you take the assessment on the DivisionCero platform
Certification	Included in the diploma, verifiable online with a QR code or certification code
Learning path certification	Counts toward the CAP domain certification and CyberGuardián Certified
Last updated	19/09/2026
Course link	cyberacademy.divisioncero.com/cap/ciberseguridad-en-apis

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