OWASP Secure Coding Practices - Quick Reference Guide

Welcome to the Secure Coding Practices Quick Reference Guide Project
NEW Release: version 2.0 published November 9th.

The Secure Coding Practices Quick Reference Guide is a technology agnostic set of general software security coding practices, in a comprehensive checklist format, that can be integrated into the development lifecycle. At only 17 pages long, it is easy to read and digest.

The focus is on secure coding requirements, rather then on vulnerabilities and exploits. It includes an introduction to Software Security Principles and a glossary of key terms.

It is designed to serve as a secure coding kick-start tool and easy reference, to help development teams quickly understand secure coding practices.

Sections of the Guide:

 * Table of contents
 * Introduction
 * Software Security Principles Overview
 * Secure Coding Practices Checklist
 * Links to useful resources
 * Glossary of important terminology

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 * Keith Turpin
 * Dan Kranz
 * Walt Pietrowski
 * Catherine Spencer
 * [mailto:Caleb.mcgary@gmail.com Caleb McGary]
 * [mailto:bradcausey@owasp.org Brad Causey]
 * [mailto:ludovic.petit@owasp.org Ludovic Petit]
 * [mailto:michael.scovetta@gmail.com Michael V. Scovetta]
 * [mailto:jim.manico@owasp.org Jim Manico]
 * Jason Coleman
 * [mailto:anurag.agarwal@yahoo.com Anurag Agarwal]
 * [mailto:petand@lvk.cs.msu.su Andrew Petukhov]