The OWASP Top 10

When trying to understand the OWASP Top 10 list and its purpose, it helps to first understand what OWASP is and the community that creates it. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), is a community that produces a collection of tools, technologies, articles, and documentation in the name of web application security. Every three to four years, this community produces a document referred to as the “OWASP Top 10”.

OWASP Top 10

The OWASP Top 10 is an extremely important document that contains the top 10 critical cyber security risks to web applications. 

The 10 major security risks in the OWASP Top 10 are:

• Injection

• Broken Authentication

• Sensitive Data Exposure

• XML External Entities (XXE)

• Broken Access Control

• Security Misconfiguration

• Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Insecure Deserialization

• Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

• Insufficient Logging & Monitoring

Importance of the OWASP Top 10

The OWASP Top 10 is important because it outlines the biggest threats in website security at the time. These highlighted vulnerabilities are the baseline security risks that web applications should be defended against at all times. 

As a baseline, our team at SecureState will test client's applications for the OWASP Top 10 security risks every time a test is ordered! If you want to make sure your application is secure from these major vulnerabilities, schedule a demo with our team today!

OWASP & Securestate

Securestate uses OWASP Top 10 as a baseline for its testing approach.  Additionally we incorporate complex attack methods beyond OWASP for more depth in testing and better coverage of the attack surface.

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