OWASP Application Security Program Quick Start Guide Project

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The OWASP Application Security Program Quick Start Guide Project
This guide is intended to be a short, straightforward introductory guide to standing-up or improving an Application Security Program. The intended goal of the AppSec program is to implement measures throughout the code's life-cycle to prevent gaps in the application security policy or the underlying system through flaws in the design, development, deployment, upgrade, or maintenance of the application. The application security program should effectively manage the security of its application systems, protecting information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide integrity, confidentiality and availability. A fundamental component of this improved application security management is the ability to demonstrate acceptable levels of risk based on defined KPIs, including but limited to: •	The number of vulnerabilities present in an application •	The time to fix vulnerabilities •	The remediation rate of vulnerabilities •	The time vulnerabilities remain open. The application security program deliverables include a holistic view of the state of security for each application, identifying the risks associated with the application and the countermeasures implemented to mitigate those risks, explaining how security is implemented, planning for system downtimes and emergencies, and providing a formal plan to improve the security in one or more of these areas.

Description
This guide is intended to be a [relatively] short, straightforward introductory guide to standing-up or improving upon an Application Security Program that implements measures throughout the code's life-cycle to prevent security gaps.

Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike


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What is OWASP Application Security Program Quick Start Guide Project?
This guide is intended to be a [relatively] short, straightforward introductory guide to standing-up or improving upon an Application Security Program that implements measures throughout the code's life-cycle to prevent security gaps.

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Project Leader

 * [mailto:gabriel@rfc1122.com Gabriel Gumbs]

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=FAQs=

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How can I participate in your project?
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If I am not a programmer can I participate in your project?
Yes, you can certainly participate in the project if you are not a programmer or technical. The project needs different skills and expertise and different times during its development. Currently, we are looking for researchers, writers, graphic designers, and a project administrator.

= Acknowledgements =

Contributors
The first contributors to the project were:


 * [mailto:gabriel@rfc1122.com Gabriel Gumbs]
 * [mailto:jeremiah@whitehatsec.com Jeremiah Grossman]
 * [mailto:jerry.hoff@whitehatsec.com Jerry Hoff]
 * [mailto:robert.hansen@whitehatsec.com Robert Hansen]

= Road Map and Getting Involved =

The roadmap will consists of updates to remain relevant with updated technologies and processes. The deliverable will be a 'living' wiki along with several PDF downloads.

=Project About=

This page is where you need to place your legacy project template page if your project was created before October 2013. To edit this page you will need to edit your project information template. You can typically find this page by following this address and substituting your project name where it says "OWASP_Example_Project". When in doubt, ask the OWASP Projects Manager. Example template page: https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Projects/OWASP_Example_Project