Application Security Guide For CISOs

The CISO Guide Version 1.0 was published in November 2013. Contents Preamble Introduction Executive Summary Foreword The CISO Guide Part I: Reasons for Investing in Application Security Part II: Criteria for Managing Application Security Risks Part III: Application Security Program Part IV: Metrics For Managing Risks & Application Security Investments Supporting Information References About OWASP Appendix Appendix A: Value of Data & Cost of an Incident Appendix B: Quick Reference to OWASP Guides & Projects Licensing The OWASP Application Security Guide For CISOs is free to use. It is licensed under the 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.

Credits Project lead and main author Marco Morana Other contributors Co-authors, contributors and reviewers: Tobias Gondrom Eoin Keary Andy Lewis Stephanie Tan Colin Watson Further Information CISO guide The OWASP CISO Guide is also available as a free PDF and to print on demand at cost. For full information about the Application Security Guide For CISOs Project, including mailing list details, the forward plan, how to contribute, the project status, and alternative media, see the project page: CISO Guide Project Page CISO survey The contributors to the OWASP CISO Survey also provided invaluable data for this guide.