Who is the OWASP® Foundation?

The Open Web Application Security Project® (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. Through community-led open-source software projects, hundreds of local chapters worldwide, tens of thousands of members, and leading educational and training conferences, the OWASP Foundation is the source for developers and technologists to secure the web.

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Project Spotlight: Top 10 Proactive Controls

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OWASP Top 10 Proactive Controls describes the most important control and control categories that every architect and developer should absolutely, 100% include in every project. The Top 10 Proactive Controls are by developers for developers to assist those new to secure development.

  • C1: Define Security Requirements
  • C2: Leverage Security Frameworks and Libraries
  • C3: Secure Database Access
  • C4: Encode and Escape Data
  • C5: Validate All Inputs
  • C6: Implement Digital Identity
  • C7: Enforce Access Controls
  • C8: Protect Data Everywhere
  • C9: Implement Security Logging and Monitoring
  • C10: Handle All Errors and Exceptions

For more information, see the complete document at the Top 10 Proactive Controls project page

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OWASP Sydney Chapter Leadership are on fire! Ric Campo, Jack Guildford, and Sherry Liu took over the Sydney OWASP chapter in July 2020 and hit the ground running and have not looked back. See virtual meeting activity reach a new level. December started with OWASP Jingleton Hack for Beginners. This provided cybersecurity beginners with the opportunity to practice their skills and learn the basics of web application penetration testing. February experience their version of Hack the Box’s King of the Hill called “Fight Club.” This is a team event but if you do not have a team don’t worry. One will be found for you! See Meetup for all details.

Announcing Brain Breaks, starting with comedian Jeff Shaw

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Alonna Stock, February 3, 2021

The OWASP Foundation is excited to announce the launch of a new event series created with our community in mind. Our Brain Break event series is an entertainment-based event program we’ve created for 2021 and we’re excited to announce our first event on February 18th featuring comedian Jeff Shaw.

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