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Paula

If you mean to start studying, I would go reading a lot, learning programming, playing capture the flags, joining sec communities and going to events...

But if you mean, as another kind of specialist (such as a dev or something) it depends on your role. If you are in charge of a project and are resourceful, I would hire an actual professional, an auditor, to perform the required tests. There are many automatized tools that can gives you a general idea of your security status, but for a real protection, a professional is needed. If you are a developer, your responsibility is to perform a clean understandable code, and acknowledge the latest vulnerabilities in the tools you choose to use. Most of the security issues in web apps are due to irresponsible use of versions. There's an interesting katacoda course about security in containers that could be used in such situation.

Hope to have cleared your mind about this topic!