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OWASP Video Game Security Framework (VGSF)

OWASP Video Game Security Framework (VGSF) defines an approach to discovering solutions for strategy, development, operations, and management surrounding security for video game industry business models

Most organizations that operate in the digital landscape approach security as a last afterthought when compared to the overall business strategy and operations. In the recent years it has become more apparent the consequences of such behavior with increasingly amounts of data breaches happening. The cost associated with an organization’s loss of intellectual property and other digital assets has reached the millions.

With the fast growth of the video game industry (174 billion by 2021 - Newzoo Global Game Forecast) in recent years, it is critical that organizations operating in this space have a strong security posture. Cyber-attacks aimed at various components of a business can affect the interoperability, user protected info, end-game product, and overall business model. As more businesses and clients operate in the cyber space its important to leverage security as a way to create sustainable trust, lead competitively, and operate more agile with different types of data.

The framework is comprised of five discipline areas that could produce many best practice methodologies:

I. Business Strategy & Risk

II. Governance & Compliance

III. Prevention

This will be one of the largest sections as it is comprised of many different aspects of overall cyber security

IV. Management

V. Service Delivery & Support

Licensing

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What is the OWASP Video Game Security Framework?

The goal of the OWASP Video Game Security Framework is to provide an adaptable blueprint to guide the development and deployment of cyber resiliency within a video game enterprise operation.

The target audience for the project includes:

Game Publishers
Game Developers
Security Professionals
Consumer Gamers
Quality Assurance Testers
Business Stakeholders in the Gaming Industry
Industry Enthusiasts

Project Leaders

Romen Brewer

Contributors

TBD

Related Projects

Collaboration

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News and Events

April, 2019: Site Creation and Discord channel creation.

Classifications

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 )    Detailed in Project plan
-a)    May come from leadership and other areas of business
+:a)    May come from leadership and other areas of business
 '''''What''''' is the proposed approach to this project?
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 )    Methodology
-a)    Waterfall
+:a)    Waterfall
-b)    Agile
+:b)    Agile
 '''''Who''''' are the parties involved?
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 )    Resource Availability
-a)    Staff
+:a)    Staff
-b)    Technology
+:b)    Technology
-c)    Finances
+:c)    Finances
 )    Complexity of project
-a)    No SME
+:a)    No SME
-b)    Vendor support
+:b)    Vendor support
 '''''What''''' are the known tasks that need to be accomplished?
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 )    Better alignment with the business
-a)    Budget planning
+:a)    Budget planning
-b)    Make security a part of future business decisions
+:b)    Make security a part of future business decisions
 )    Improve financials decisions
-a)    Decrease spending
+:a)    Decrease spending
-b)    Smarter spending
+:b)    Smarter spending
 )    Lower cyber risks to organization
-a)    Address current and future security challenges
+:a)    Address current and future security challenges
-b)    Implement detection, prevention, response
+:b)    Implement detection, prevention, response
 )    Higher Return on Investment (ROI)
-a)    Competitive advantage
+:a)    Competitive advantage
-b)    Higher market share
+:b)    Higher market share
-c)    Increased consumer trust
+:c)    Increased consumer trust
 '''''What''''' are the current threats to the organization?
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 )    Based on value of asset
-a)    Cost
+:a)    Cost
-b)    Rarity
+:b)    Rarity
 )    Based on impact to business
-a)    Stop operations
+:a)    Stop operations
-b)    Impact user privacy
+:b)    Impact user privacy
 '''Plan Next Steps'''

ID	Vulnerabilty Name	Description	Surface Area	Goal	Techical Impact	Business Impact	Defense	Ref	Genre
V1	Local Resource Modification, Client-side Logic Flaw	In 2015 The Division experienced an exploit that allowed an attacker to switch weapons rapidly, applying weapon buffs in a stacking manner, with no cap.	Game Client	Unfair Player Advantage	Player Anger	Players leave, Lost Revenue	Cryptographic Integrity Checks on Game Client	http://www.gamesradar.com/theres-a-division-damage-stacking-glitch-if-youve-got-fast-fingers/	3PS/1PS/MMO
VN1	"The attacker attacked and edited the `LOCAL GAME CLIENT (Attack Surface)`, which had a `LACK OF CLIENT INTEGRITY CONTROLS (Vulnerability)`, which allowed her to `ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE HER ABILITIES (Attacker Goal)`, ultimately leading to an `UNHAPPY PLAYER BASE (Negative Outcome)` and `DECLINING GAME REVENUE (Negative Outcome)` due to cheating, which could have been prevented by `CRYPTOGRAPHIC INTEGRITY CHECKS ON GAME CLIENT`”