OffSec · Professional Certification · Expert
OffSec Web Expert (OSWE)
Crydd Score 83
Demand Growing
Career Value High
Recognition High
OSWE at a glance
- Provider
- OffSec
- Credential type
- Professional Certification
- Exam required
- Yes
- Category
- Security
- Level
- Expert
- Cost
- $1,749 (WEB-300 course, 90 days of labs and one exam attempt); Learn One $2,749 a year with two attempts
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Time to earn
- 4–6 months
- Validity
- Does not expire
- Format
- 48-hour proctored hands-on exam exploiting web applications, followed by a written report
- Prerequisites
- None formally; OffSec recommends reading and writing code, Linux, web proxies and scripting in Python, PHP or Bash
What is OSWE?
OffSec's advanced web application security certification, earned through WEB-300: finding vulnerabilities by reading source code and writing working exploits for them, proved in a 48-hour hands-on exam.
Skills it covers
- White-box code review
- Web application exploitation
- Authentication bypass
- Deserialisation and injection attacks
- Exploit scripting
Is OSWE worth it? The Crydd Verdict
CS 83Choose it if
You test web applications or work in application security and can read code comfortably.
Consider alternatives if
Your focus is networks and Active Directory: OSEP. Securing the development process rather than attacking it: CSSLP.
Why we say so
White-box web testing is a scarce skill, and OSWE is one of the few credentials that tests it hands-on.
Market demand
Application security and web testing roles value OSWE highly; the skill is scarce, so holders stand out.
Where OSWE takes you
- Penetration Tester
- Security Engineer
- Software Engineer
Career roadmaps show where this certification fits in each path. See the roadmaps.
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