OWASP ASVS
- Category
- OWASP
- Docs outline
- 15 sections
Official docs outline
owasp.org- V1 Encoding and Sanitization
Output encoding, injection defenses, sanitization and safe interpreters.
- V2 Validation and Business Logic
Input validation, business logic limits, anti-automation and sequence enforcement.
- V3 Web Frontend Security
CSP, security headers, cookies, DOM-based attacks and browser protections.
- V4 API and Web Service
REST, GraphQL and WebSocket API security requirements.
- V5 File Handling
File upload validation, storage, download and path handling.
- V6 Authentication
Password security, MFA, lookup secrets and credential recovery requirements.
- V7 Session Management
Session token generation, expiry, termination and re-authentication.
- V8 Authorization
Access control design, least privilege, object and function-level authorization.
- V10 OAuth and OIDC
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect client, authorization server and resource server requirements.
- V11 Cryptography
Approved algorithms, key management, randomness and cryptographic inventory.
- V12 Secure Communication
TLS configuration, certificate validation and service-to-service communication.
- V13 Configuration
Secure build and deploy configuration, secrets handling and dependency management.
- V14 Data Protection
Sensitive data classification, minimization, caching and client-side storage.
- V15 Secure Coding and Architecture
Secure architecture, dependency risk, safe concurrency and defensive coding.
- V16 Security Logging and Error Handling
Security event logging, log protection and error handling requirements.
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