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What is OWASP?
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a worldwide nonprofit organization that focuses on improving software security. The main mission of OWASP is to ensure that software security is visible, and to provide insights and tools to help improve application security globally. through the top 10 lists for various categories, so that organizations can use the Top 10 lists to make informed decisions.
Every three years, OWASP publishes updated top-ten lists of security flaws, derived from industry data and independent research. These lists contain the most commonly seen, and most commonly exploited, security flaws. The most commonly used OWASP Top 10 list is the one for Web Application Security. Developers and organizations developing or deploying web applications refer to this list to ensure that the biggest vulnerability categories are mitigated during development or deployment.
It is important to understand that the OWASP Top 10 is not an exhaustive list of all current vulnerabilities. It is only the most common vulnerabilities that are discovered. Care should be exercised while using the OWASP list to plan development or deployment testing.
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