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The goal of the OWASP Legal Project is to ensure, at each stage of the life cycle, that appropriate attention has been paid to security. The cornerstone of the Legal Project is its Secure Software Development Contract Annex. The Contract Annex helps software developers and their clients negotiate and capture important contractual terms and conditions related to the security of the software to be developed or delivered. Here are two examples:

  • Implementation. Developer agrees to provide and follow a set of secure coding guidelines and to use a set of common security control programming interfaces (such as the OWASP ESAPI). Guidelines will indicate how code should be formatted, structured, and commented. Common security control programming interfaces will define how security controls must be called and how security controls shall function. All security-relevant code shall be thoroughly commented. Specific guidance on avoiding common security vulnerabilities shall be included. Also, all code shall be reviewed by at least one other Developer against the security requirements and coding guideline before it is considered ready for unit test.
  • Security Analysis and Testing. Developer will perform application security analysis and testing (also called "verification") according to the verification requirements of an agreed-upon standard (such as the OWASP ASVS). The Developer shall document verification findings according to the reporting requirements of the standard. The Developer shall provide the verification findings to Client.

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Further development of Legal Project documents occurs through mailing list discussions and occasional workshops, and suggestions for improvement are welcome. For more information, please contact us.

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The Legal Project project is always on the lookout for volunteers who are interested in translating Legal Project documents into another language.

  • Translation Onboarding Instructions -- Coming soon!

Related resources

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Asvs-step1.jpg1. About Legal Project Documents

  • One Page Datasheet (Word, PDF)
  • One Page Datasheet in Japanese (PDF)

Asvs-step2.jpg2. Get Legal Project Documents

  • Contract Annex in English (Word, HTML)
  • Contract Annex in Spanish (HTML)
  • Contract Annex in Japanese (HTML)
  • Contract Annex in French (Word)
  • Verification schedule in English (Excel)
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OWASP Legal Project

Purpose: The goal of the OWASP Legal Project is to ensure, at each stage of the life cycle, that appropriate attention has been paid to security. The cornerstone of the Legal Project is its Secure Software Development Contract Annex. The Contract Annex helps software developers and their clients negotiate and capture important contractual terms and conditions related to the security of the software to be developed or delivered.

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who is working on this project?
Project Leader: Jeff Williams @

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Project Roadmap: To view, click here

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To be reviewed under Assessment Criteria v2.0

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  • Contact Jeff Williams @ to contribute, review or sponsor this project
  • Contact the GPC to report a problem or concern about this project or to update information.
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