igmGuru's GWAPT Certification Training builds real-world web application penetration testing skills through hands-on labs, expert-led sessions, and structured exam preparation, helping security professionals validate offensive security expertise with confidence.
✅ Level - Advanced ✅ 30-Hour Instructor-Led Training ✅ 100% Practical Web App Pentesting Labs ✅ GIAC GWAPT Exam-Aligned Preparation ✅ Hands-on Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP & SQL Injection Labs ✅ Experienced Penetration Testing & Cybersecurity Trainers
The GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) credential proves a practitioner can find, exploit, and report real flaws in modern web applications. igmGuru's training will help you learn skills like reconnaissance, authentication attacks, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, and session-management flaws using tools like Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP. Guided by practicing penetration testers, the course pairs live instruction with lab-driven practice, so candidates walk into the GWAPT exam, and their next client engagement, already tested.
GIAC does not enforce formal prerequisites for the GWAPT exam itself, but candidates get the most value from this training when they already have:
Web applications remain one of the most attacked surfaces in any organization, and automated scanners alone routinely miss business-logic flaws, chained vulnerabilities, and authentication bypasses that a skilled human tester catches. The GWAPT certification exists precisely to validate that human skill. It is a GIAC Practitioner Certification, built directly on the SANS SEC542 curriculum, and assessed through GIAC's CyberLive format, meaning candidates prove ability inside real virtual machines and real tools rather than answering theory-only multiple-choice questions. Professionals holding GWAPT report strong placement in penetration testing, application security, and bug-bounty roles, and the certification is recognized under the DoD 8140 directive for cybersecurity work roles. For anyone serious about offensive security as a specialization rather than a generalist path, GWAPT is one of the clearest, most technically respected ways to prove it.
By the end of this training, you will be able to:
This course covers the full scope of the official GWAPT exam objectives, including:
This program is built for professionals who want to test, secure, or build web applications with real technical depth:
Graduates of this course walk away with practical, demonstrable skills, including:
GWAPT-certified professionals are well positioned for roles such as:
igmGuru pairs GWAPT's technical depth with a learning structure built for working professionals:
The GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) is issued directly by GIAC (the certifying body affiliated with SANS Institute), not by igmGuru. Official exam details, current as of GIAC's published certification page:
igmGuru's training is designed to build the practical skills the GWAPT exam assesses; registration for the certification exam itself is completed through GIAC.
GWAPT (GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester) is a GIAC certification that validates a practitioner's ability to find and exploit vulnerabilities in web applications through hands-on penetration testing.
Pricing depends on whether you take the exam standalone or bundled with the official SANS SEC542 course, and GIAC updates fees periodically- check GIAC's official pricing page for the current GWAPT certification cost and GWAPT exam cost before you register.
No formal prerequisites are enforced, but basic Linux command-line comfort and general web application familiarity make the course easier to follow.
It's a proctored, 82-question exam completed in 3 hours, covering reconnaissance, authentication attacks, session management, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, and related web application vulnerabilities, with a 71% passing score.
For professionals focused specifically on web application security and offensive testing, GWAPT is one of the more technically respected, hands-on-validated credentials in the field, and it's recognized under the DoD 8140 directive.
Four years from the date you earn it, after which renewal requires 36 CPE credits within that cycle.
The course works hands-on with Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, sqlmap, BeEF, ffuf, Nuclei, Metasploit, WPScan, and Python-based scripting for testing and exploitation.
