From the course: Static Application Security Testing

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- [Instructor] Well, OWASP is best known for their top 10 list. That particular project is just the tip of the iceberg. OWASP has a lot more to offer application security testing professionals. Let's take a look at a few other notable OWASP projects. The OWASP Web Security Testing Guide is a 200 plus page PDF that provides extensive guidance on security tests that you should be performing. It also includes instructions on the tools and techniques that you can use to execute those tests. The guide groups these tests into 11 separate categories with just over 100 individual tests altogether. When I perform application security assessments, I use this guide to help me build a basic security profile of the application. After I complete these tests, I've got a great idea of where I could focus my penetration testing activities. This guide is without a doubt, one of the most important tools you can add to your testing toolkit.…

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