Difference between revisions of "OWASP Cyber Defense Matrix"

The OWASP Security Principles

An in-depth breakdown of security capabilities using the Cyber Defense Matrix. - A mapping of security vendors to the Cyber Defense Matrix. - Metrics that capture the efficacy, longevity, and other qualities of the various capabilities represented in the Cyber Defense Matrix - Assorted use cases for the Cyber Defense Matrix

• Least Privilege
• Perimeter Security
• Defense in Depth

However, we regularly see designs without separation of privilege!

Think about that, most web applications today have all their eggs in a single basket. The business logic, the identities, passwords, products, policy enforcement, security rules are all found in the same application database that makes up the typical website! It is little wonder then, that attacks on the database have been so completely devastating, since there is no separation of privilege!

The aim of this project, is to identify and describe a minimum functional set of principles that must be present in a secure design.

Description

Over the course of my career, I have come across and collected a number of security aphorisms. These aphorisms constitute the fundamental principles of information security.

None of the ideas or truths are mine, and unfortunately, I did not collect the citations. Initially, I would like to identify the correct citations for each aphorism.

Additionally, many are re-statements of the same idea; thus, the 'collection of ideas' defines a fundamental principle. As such, I would also like to reverse engineer the principles from the aphorisms where appropriate, as well.

Licensing

The OWASP Security Principles are licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license], so you can copy, distribute and transmit the work, and you can adapt it, and use it commercially, but all provided that you attribute the work and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

What is OWASP Security Principles Project?

The end goal is to identify, cite, and document the fundamental principles of information security. Once this is well organised, I think it would be great to publish this through the OWASP Press. Of course, it will always remain freely available, and any money collected will go directly into the project to absorb costs with any remaining funds going to the OWASP Foundation.

This document should serve as a guide to technical architects and designers outlining the fundamental principles of security.

Presentation

RSA Slides

Project Leader

• Sounil Yu
• Tom Brennan

Mailing List:  [email protected]

Related Projects

• OWASP_CISO_Survey

Openhub

• OWASP Project Openhub

MAILING LIST

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News and Events

• [01 May 2017] Project updated
• [26 June 2017] Update

Classifications