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OWASP ISO/IEC 27034 Application Security Controls Project

OWASP ISO/IEC 27034 Application Security Controls Project is an effort to do the conversion of OWASP related documentations and best practices, such as the OWASP Top 10, in Application Security Controls (ASCs) as defined in ISO/IEC 27034. This will enable 27034 stakeholders to use formal structure of OWASP content.

Introduction to ISO/IEC 27034

ISO/IEC 27034 offers guidance on information security to those specifying, designing/programming or procuring, implementing and using application systems, in other words business and IT managers, developers and auditors, and ultimately the end-users of application systems. The aim is to ensure that computer applications deliver the desired/necessary level of security in support of the organization’s Information Security Management System.

It is aimed at architects, analysts, programmers, testers, IT Team, DBA, Admins, etc., who need to know what and when Application Security Controls should be applied, integrate Application Security Controls in their activities, meet the requirements of the Application Security Controls associated measurements, get access to tools and best practices and facilitate peer review.

It can also be used by auditors, in order to know the scope and process of verification measurements for the corresponding Application Security Controls, make audit results repeatable, identify a list of verification measurements which can generate supporting evidence to demonstrate that the application has reached the required level of trust authorized by the management and standardize the application security verification.

27034 is based upon the following key principles:

• Security is a requirement
• Application security is context-dependent
• Appropriate investment for application security
• Application security must be demonstrated

http://www.iso27001security.com/html/27034.html

Description of the OWASP project

ISO/IEC 27034 do not propose any Application Security Controls by itself, nor any coding/testing best practices. OWASP is a good match to 27034 because it is proposing many best practices and technical details that can be used to create ASCs.

At the beginning of our roadmap, the focus will be upon the conversion of the latest OWASP Top 10 into ASCs.

Licensing

OWASP ISO/IEC 27034 Application Security Controls are free to use. It is licensed under the GNU LGPL v3 License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html) that is similar to GPL but modified for use with libraries that may be called by other proprietary programs.

What this project provides?

OWASP ISO/IEC 27034 Application Security Controls Project provides:

• XML files following the schema and guidelines provided by ISO/IEC 27034-5
• Ways to formally comply with OWASP best practices such as the Top 10

Presentation

Slides in English on SpeakerDeck

Presentation in French, English version will be available soon:

Introduction to ISO 27034 also in French on YouTube

Project Co-Leaders

• Luc Poulin
• Jonathan Marcil

Related Projects

• OWASP_Top_Ten_Project

Quick Download

Files will be available on GitHub.

News and Events

• [6 Jan 2014] First wiki drafts
• [17 Dec 2013] Official OWASP Project created
• [2 Dec 2013] Kick off on the project at OWASP Montreal

Classifications