OWASP Developer Guide

Foundations

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2. Foundations

There are various foundational concepts and terminology that are commonly used in software security. Although some of these concepts are based on heavy-duty theory and can be complex to implement, the principles are often fairly straight forward and are accessible for every software engineer. A reasonable grasp of these foundational concepts allows development teams to understand and implement software security for the application or system under development.

Sections:

2.1 Security fundamentals
2.2 Secure development and integration
2.3 Principles of security
2.4 Principles of cryptography
2.5 OWASP Top 10


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