OWASP Application Security Guide For CISOs Project v2

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OWASP Application Security Guide For CISOs (Version 2 - 2018 Edition) Among application security stakeholders, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs),are responsible for application security from governance, compliance and risk perspectives. The Application Security Guide For CISOs seeks to help CISOs manage application security programs according to their own roles, responsibilities, perspectives and needs. Application security best practices and OWASP resources are referenced throughout the guide. Introduction The purpose of this document is to guide the CISO in managing application security from initial problem statement to delivery of the solution. We start this journey in part I by providing guidance on how to start an application security initiative such as with the creation of the business cases for investing in application security following with awareness of threats targeting applications. In part II we focus on how to create an application security program including the adoption of secure software development activities, application security tools and secure code training for developers. In part III we focus on managing application security from both program execution as well as from risk management strategy perspectives including the mitigation of the risk of vulnerabilities and the metrics and reporting them based upon risk and exposure. In part IV we focus on process improvements such as the use of software maturity models and the lesson learned from security incidents whose root causes might have been identified in exploit of application vulnerabilities. Objectives The guide assists CISOs on how to manage application security through the phases of initiation, creation, management and process improvements. Tactical guidance is provided in the following aspects: Assure compliance of applications with security regulations for privacy, data protection and information security Leverage OWASP resources such as project documentation and tools Manage application security from perspective or people/training, processes and tools/technologies Manage application vulnerability risks and remediation based upon risk exposure to the business Create awareness on cyber-threats targeting applications to focus on countermeasures Operationalise application security assessments and provide support to development teams for continuous software security development and testing Integration of existing applications with emerging technologies such as API, micro-services, cloud, virtualisation, biometrics Alignment of application security strategy with business and IT strategy Focus on process automation and process improvements Be an agent of change in challenging corporate environments and trigger appropriate responses Asking the right questions to gain visibility across the organisation (who does what questions) Proactive risk management strategies Capture lesson learned from past security incidents/data breaches Setting roadmaps for process improvements Licensing The OWASP Application Security Guide For CISOs is free to use. It is 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. © OWASP Foundation

Core Content The guide provide guidance to CISO to start, create, manage and improve Application Security Programs. The contents are articulated in (four) parts: Part I: "How To" Start Part II: "How To" Create Part III: "How To" Manage Part IV: "How To" Improve Presentation Presentation given at OWASP AppSec USA 2017 Project Meeting Project Leader Marco Morana Related Projects CISO Survey Software Assurance Maturity Model

Quick Access Application Security Guide For CISOs v2.0 EN HTML PDF Hardcopy News and Events [20 Nov 2013] The CISO Guide and CISO Survey 2013 will be presented at AppSec USA [07 Nov 2013] Version 1.0 (stable) issued Classifications

Volunteers

The Application Security Guide For CISOs Project was authored, edited and reviewed by a worldwide team of volunteers. The primary contributors to date have been:

• Tobias Gondrom
• Eoin Keary
• Andy Lewis
• Marco Morana
• Stephanie Tan
• Colin Watson

As of 8 November 2013, the priorities are:

• Announce and promote v1.0 at AppSec USA
• Gain support and additional contributors
• Translate book

Involvement in the development and promotion of the CISO Guide is actively encouraged. You do not have to be a security expert in order to contribute. Some of the ways you can help:

• Review the text
• Graphical design for the book cover and diagrams

Please participate through the project's mailing list.

Current version

v1.0 (Stable)

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Previous versions

Pre 1.0 versions (alpha and betas) are in the wiki page history at https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Application_Security_Guide_For_CISOs and sub-pages beginning in August 2011.

what	is this project?
Name: OWASP Application Security Guide For CISOs Project (home page)
Purpose: The purpose of this document is to guide the CISO in managing application security from initial problem statement to delivery of the solution. We start this journey with the creation of the business cases for investing in application security following with the awareness of threats targeting applications, the identification of the economical impacts, the determination of a risk mitigation strategy, the prioritization of the mitigation of the risk of vulnerabilities, the selection of security control measures to mitigate risks,the adoption of secure software development processes and maturity models and we conclude this journey with the selection of metrics for reporting and managing application security risk. Draft Version: More info about this project can be found in the introductory page of the guide Application Security Guide For CISOs
License: Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0
who	is working on this project?
Project Leader(s): Marco Morana @
how	can you learn more?
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Contact Marco Morana @ to contribute to this project Contact Marco Morana @ to review or sponsor this project