Penetration testing in the Software Development Life Cycle helps create a safe and secure end product and minimizes financial and legal risk. In this course, you’ll learn where penetration testing fits in the SDLC, the differences between pen testing and developer, and the importance of developer contributions to pen testing. You’ll then examine the pen testing team structure and the tasks of the pen testing blue, red, and purple teams. Next, you’ll explore the importance of pen testing web services and APIs, what is involved in API pen testing, and the available tools for pen testing APIs. Lastly, you’ll learn how to perform a pen test on a REST API, as well as how to perform a pen test using Burp Suite.