Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE)

What is a CASE?

The Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE) credential is developed in partnership with large application and software development experts globally. 

The CASE credential tests the critical security skills and knowledge required throughout a typical software development life cycle (SDLC), focusing on the importance of the implementation of secure methodologies and practices in today’s insecure operating environment.


The CASE certified training program is developed concurrently to prepare software professionals with the necessary capabilities that are expected by employers and academia globally.It is designed to be a hands-on, comprehensive application security course that will help software professionals create secure applications.

The training program encompasses security activities involved in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): planning, creating, testing, and deploying an application.


Unlike other application security trainings, CASE goes beyond just the guidelines on secure coding practices and includes secure requirement gathering, robust application design, and handling security issues in post development phases of application development.


This makes CASE one of the most comprehensive certifications on the market today. It is desired by software application engineers, analysts, testers globally, and respected by hiring authorities.

The Purpose of CASE

  • To ensure that application security is no longer an afterthought but a foremost one.
  • To lay the foundation required by all application developers and development organizations, to produce secure applications with greater stability and fewer security risks to the consumer, therefore, making security a foremost thought.
  • To ensure that the organizations mitigate the risk of losing millions due to security compromises that may arise with every step of application development process.
  • To help individuals develop the habit of giving importance to security sacrosanct of their job role in the SDLC, therefore opening security as the main domain for testers, developers, network administrator etc.

Secure Software Development Process

The Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE) training and certification program provides a comprehensive application security approach which encompasses security activities involved in all the phases of Software Development Lifecycle (SLDC).

For most organizations, software and applications determine their success. However, expedition, duplication, and penny-pinching often take centrestage with security consideration taking a backseat or is not present at all. An insecure or vulnerable application places these businesses at risk. 

Addressing security in each phase of the SDLC is the most effective way to create highly secure applications. Robust security-focused design principles followed by rigorous security-focused coding, testing, and deployment practices will lead to applications that can stand up to attacks. This will result in lower ownership costs for both, the end user and the application vendor.


Why Become a Certified Application Security Engineer?

  • Immediate Credibility

    The CASE program affirms that you are indeed an expert in application security. It also demonstrates the skills that you possess for employers globally.

  • Pertinent Knowledge

    Through the CASE certification and training program, you will be able to expand your application security knowledge.

  • Multifaceted Skills

    CASE can be applied to a wide variety of platforms, such as, mobile applications, web applications, IoT devices, and many more.

  • A Holistic Outlook

    Ranging from pre-deployment to post-deployment security techniques, covering every aspect of secure – software development life cycle, CASE arms you with the necessary skills to build a secure application.

  • Better Protect and Defend

    By making an application more secure you are also helping defend both organizations and individuals globally. As a CASE, it is in your hands to protect and defend and ultimately help build a safer world.

Course curriculum

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply to sit for the CASE Exam, the candidate must either: 

  • Attend the official EC-Council CASE training through an accredited EC-Council Partner (Accredited Training Centre/ iWeek/ iLearn) (All candidates are required to pay the USD100 application fee unless your training fee already includes this) or
  • Be an ECSP (.NET/ Java) member in good standing (you need not pay a duplicate application fee, as this fee has already been paid) or
  • Have a minimum of 2 years working experience in InfoSec/ Software domain (you will need to pay USD 100 as a non-refundable application fee) or
  • Have any other industry equivalent certifications such as GSSP .NET/Java (you will need to pay USD 100 as a non-refundable application fee)

About The Exam

CASE allows application developers and testers to demonstrate their mastery of the knowledge and skills required to handle common application security vulnerabilities. 

Number of Questions: 50 

Test Duration: 2 Hours 

Test Format: Multiple Choice Questions 

Passing Score: 70% 

Availability: EC-Council Exam Portal 

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