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User talk:Amber Marfatia
Welcome to OWASP! We hope you will contribute much and well. You will probably want to read the help pages. Again, welcome and have fun! KateHartmann 17:15, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Purpose of the framework - Enhancing Security Options Framework (ESOP Framework)
Purpose of the framework is to provide a security layer to a given web application / web site via web service which can use the functions / modules to protect the site from following vulnerabilities:
1. Remote code execution
2. SQL injection
3. Format string vulnerabilities
4. Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
5. Session hacking
6. Denial of service (DoS) attacks
7. Eavesdropping /Sniffing/ Phishing
8. Identity Spoofing
9. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
10. Username enumeration
1. Instrumentation & Audits for:
2. Critical Business Areas
3. User Management
4. Un-usual activities
5. Interfaces Integrations
11. IIS Tweaks
12. Password Policy
Road map for achieving the said framework is provided in the next section.