OWASP Top 10
The list of the most critical security risks for web applications published and periodically updated by OWASP, used across the industry as a common reference.
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Why it matters
The list summarises the mistakes seen most often in real breaches, such as broken access control, injection, insecure design, misconfiguration and authentication problems. It gives development teams a shared language and serves as the minimum frame for security test scope. It is an awareness document, though, not a checklist.
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Example
At the start of a new project, a software team writes on one page how it will prevent each risk in its own code and refers to that page in code reviews. The security test before delivery covers the same headings.
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Common mistake
Treating “we are OWASP Top 10 compliant” as enough. The list does not cover every risk and is not a compliance certificate; the application's own business logic must be tested separately.
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