Remember OWASP
Full name: Open Worldwide Application Security Project
Memory aid: Open Worldwide Application Security is the Project.
OWASP lists are guidance, not exhaustive vulnerability inventories.
Study area: Threats & application security · Batch 3
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · CompTIA CySA+ · CompTIA PenTest+
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OWASP — Open Worldwide Application Security Project
Provides community application-security guidance and projects.
Why learn OWASP — Open Worldwide Application Security Project?
Provides community application-security guidance and projects.
Where it came from
OWASP lists are guidance, not exhaustive vulnerability inventories.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Open Worldwide Application Security is the Project.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand OWASP: Open Worldwide Application Security Project.
- Recall this memory aid: Open Worldwide Application Security is the Project.
- Explain the practical use: Provides community application-security guidance and projects.
- Explain this distinction: OWASP lists are guidance, not exhaustive vulnerability inventories.
- Identify OWASP in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- NIST cybersecurity glossary (csrc.nist.gov)