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== About the Security Spending Benchmarks Project ==
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== NEXT REPORT CURRENTLY COLLECTING RESPONSES - AIMING FOR Q2 DELIVERY ==
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== Q2 Report Published - Focus on Cloud Computing ==
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The Q2 report of the OWASP Security Spending Benchmarks Project is now available. It can be found at the following link:
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[[http://www.owasp.org/images/f/f0/OWASP_SSB_Q2_Project_Report.pdf PDF Download]]
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There are a number of key findings in the Q2 09 study:
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* Software-as-a-Service is in much greater use than Infrastructure-as-a-Service or Platform-as-a-Service. Over half of respondents make moderate or significant use of SaaS. Less than a quarter of all respondents make any use of either IaaS or PaaS.
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* Security spending does not change significantly as a result of cloud computing. Respondents did not report significant spending changes in the areas of network security, third party security reviews, security personnel, or identity management.
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* Organizations are not doing their homework when it comes to cloud security. When engaging a cloud partner, only half of organizations inquire about common security-related issues, and only a third require documentation of security measures in place.
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* The risk of an undetected data breach is the greatest concern with using cloud computing, closely followed by the risk of a public data breach.
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* Compliance and standards requirements related to cloud computing are not well understood. Respondents report having the greatest understanding of PCI requirements relating to cloud computing and the least understanding of HIPAA cloud requirements.
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== Security Spending Benchmarks Project Report March 2009 ==
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The Q1 2009 report of the OWASP Security Spending Benchmarks Project is now available. It can be found at the following link:
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[[http://www.owasp.org/images/b/b2/OWASP_SSB_Project_Report_March_2009.pdf PDF Download]].
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There are a number of key findings in the Q1 09 study:
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* Organizations that have suffered a public data breach spend more on security in the development process than those that have not.
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* Web application security spending is expected to either stay flat or increase in nearly two thirds of companies.
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* Half of respondents consider security experience important when hiring developers,  and a majority provide their developers with security training. 38% have a third party firm conduct a security review of outsourced code.
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* At least 61% of respondents perform an independent third party security review before deploying a Web application while 17% do not (the remainder do not know or do so when requested by customers).
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* Just under half of the surveyed organizations have Web application firewalls deployed for at least some of their Web applications.
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== Raw Data ==
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Transparency is a key principle of the OWASP SSB Project. For this reason all raw survey results are made available to the community. We welcome additional commentary and interpretations on the survey data. The raw survey data can be found [https://www.surveymonkey.com/sr_detail.aspx?sm=6RXm2J2aqar1MT7JlandR0MYzVFmx25FwQ9trvJH1JG4GcuRCMp3TAkaCJyNCQYrtI1Ny025AnORe0Y3lU%2bj7w%3d%3d here].
  
Establishing a Benchmark for Security Spending in Web Application Development
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== Inquiries ==
The OWASP project “Security Spending in Web Application Development” aims to answer the question – How many resources should be devoted to security spending in the software development life-cycle?
 
  
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Please contact the project leader Boaz Gelbord (bgelbord at wgen dot net) if you have questions about the project or you would like to inquire about contributing to the project.
  
== Overview ==
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== About the Security Spending Benchmarks Project ==
  
This project seeks to produce an industry accepted benchmark to help address the issues below. We want to quantify how many dollar and human resources should be allocated towards security in the software development life-cycle. This project is motivated by the fact that:
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The Security Spending Benchmarks Project seeks to produce guidance and an industry accepted benchmark for justifying overall Web application security spending. We want to quantify how many dollars and human resources should be allocated towards the software development life-cycle, security training, security software/tools, independent third-party reviews, Web application firewalls, etc. This project is motivated by the fact that:
  
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
<li>There are few, if any, industry standard benchmarks for executive management to consider when deciding what is a reasonable amount of resources to spend on security in the Web application development process.</li>
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<li>There are few, if any, industry standard benchmarks for executive management to consider when deciding what is a reasonable amount of resources to spend on Web application security in or out of the software development processes.</li>
<li>Spending on security helps mitigate risks whose potential costs are difficult to quantify.  This makes justifying and obtaining security budgets difficult.</li>
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<li>Spending on security helps mitigate risks whose potential costs are often difficult to quantify, thereby making justifying and obtaining security budgets difficult.</li>
<li>Many business initiatives require organizations to take “reasonable measures” and “adhere to best practices” for developing secure Web application, but there is no industry consensus or data on how this translates into monetary terms.</li>
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<li>Many business initiatives require organizations to take “reasonable measures” and “adhere to best practices” for developing, delivering, and/or hosting secure Web application, but there is no industry consensus or data repositories on how this translates into monetary terms.</li>
<li>Smaller organizations outside of highly regulated industries purchase and deploy Web applications with no realistic ability to evaluate their security.</li>
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<li>Smaller organizations outside of highly regulated industries purchase and deploy Web applications with no realistic ability to evaluate their security program.</li>
<li>Producing a less secure Web application may be less expensive than producing a more secure version of the same software. Organization that have invested development resources into software security may not get to charge a premium for this investment.</li>
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<li>Producing a less secure Web application may be less expensive than producing a more secure version of the same software. Organization that have invested development resources into software security may not be able to charge a premium for this investment because there is no reference point for the investment.</li>
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
  
  
Prior to releasing the survey we are asking colleagues to help formulate the right questions.  Your feedback would be much appreciated. We want to use the answers to address the following questions:
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The survey was formulated with the help of our project partners to address the following questions and many others:  
  
 
<ul>
 
<ul>
<li>Do organizations measure software security spending separately from the rest of their development costs?</li>
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<li>How much developer time is spent on software security related activities?
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<li>What percentage of a Web application development groups headcount is dedicated towards security?</li>
How much budget is allocated towards software security as a percentage of development costs?</li>
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<li>How much budget is allocated towards Web application security as a percentage of software development and overall operational IT security costs?</li>
<li>Where does the software security budget come from?</li>
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<li>Where do Web application security budget come from?</li>
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<li>How much budget is allocated towards security education?</li>
 
</ul>
 
</ul>
  
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== Data Collection & Distribution ==
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We utilize the SurveyMonkey system to host surveys conducted for the OWASP SSB Project. We do not collect any publicly identifiable information including names, addresses, employer, email addresses, etc. from the respondents. While we expect a limited number of respondents trying to intentionally skew the results, we take precautions to limit the potential while not creating unnecessary overhead. We control survey access via username/password, as well as through a trusted network of contacts. All information collected is made available through Survey Monkey.
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== Project Status  ==
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Q2 Timeline:
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1. April 1-15: Discuss thematic priorities with partners. Expand partner network.<br />
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2. April 15-30: Formulate survey questions based on identified thematic priorities <br />
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3. May 1st-June 10th (EXTENDED): Collect survey responses through partner network.<br />
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4. June 10th-June 20th: Analyze results and produce draft report.<br />
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5. June 20th - June 25th: Get partner feedback on draft and make edits.<br />
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6. June 30th: Final report published<br />
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Q1 Timeline:
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1. Completing the project description text and finalizing the proposed survey questions. (DONE) <br />
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2. January 12th - Open up survey to respondents (DONE) <br />
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3. February 6 (extended from Jan 26) - Close survey (DONE) <br />
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4. February 6th - Survey Analysis Begins (DONE) <br />
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5. February 6th-20th - Boaz Gelbord and Jeremiah Grossman to edit draft report (DONE) <br />
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6. February 20th- Decision point whether to include late submissions (DONE) <br />
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7. February 20th - Circulate draft report to partners with raw data, request to keep data confidential prior to publication. (DONE) <br/>
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8. March 19th (was March 15th) - Publish report after integrating partner feedback. Generate community interest and discussion around results.(DONE)<br/>
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9. After March 19th - Coordinate formal acceptance of deliverable by OWASP and plan further steps for the project.<br/>
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== News Coverage of OWASP SSB Project ==
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SC Magazine: [http://www.scmagazineus.com/OWASP-Security-Spending-Benchmarks-Report-published/article/129116/ OWASP Security Spending Benchmarks Report Published]
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Dark Reading: [http://www.darkreading.com/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=215901240 Web Application Security Spending Relatively Unscathed by Poor Economy]
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Search Security: [http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1351731,00.html More companies seek third-party code review, survey finds]
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Security-Insider: (Germany): [http://www.security-insider.de/themenbereiche/applikationssicherheit/web-application-security/articles/260380/ OWASP Top Ten 2010]
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PC World: [http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162012/survey_gauges_web_application_security_spending.html Survey Guages Web Application Security Spending]
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Info World [http://www.infoworld.com/article/09/03/26/Survey_gauges_Web_application_security_spending_1.html Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending]
  
How do the above answers correlate with:
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Network World [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/032609-survey-gauges-web-application-security.html Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending]
  
<ul>
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The IT Chronicle [http://www.theitchronicle.com/content/survey-gauges-web-application-security-spending Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending]
<li>Company size</li>
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<li>Industry vertical</li>
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The Industry Standard [http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/03/26/survey-gauges-web-application-security-spending Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending]
<li>Sensitivity of the underlying data</li>
 
<li>Existence of executive level security oversight</li>
 
<li>Role of security in the company’s software development cycle</li>
 
</ul>
 
  
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CIO.com [http://www.cio.com/article/486881/Survey_Gauges_Web_Application_Security_Spending Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending]
  
== (Proposed) 25 Survey Questions  ==
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CIO Espana [http://www.idg.es/cio/Mas-de-un-25_por_ciento-de-las-empresas-elevara-su-gasto-en-seguridad-de-aplicaciones-Web/doc78597-seguridad.htm Más de un 25% de las empresas elevará su gasto en seguridad de aplicaciones Web]
  
This survey is meant to be completed out by organization who development, sell, or host Web applications. It is not intended for general software consumers. Respondents do not  not need to provide any individually identifiable information and no individual answers will be published.  Only aggregate reports will be published. The survey only takes about 10 minutes.  Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this survey and help us better understand security spending in software development.
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Information Week [http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/03/firms_taking_we.html Firms Taking Web App Security (More) Seriously]
  
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Search Security [http://securitywireweekly.blogs.techtarget.com/2009/03/25/owasp-security-benchmark-study-mobile-threats-real/ Podcast]
  
<ol>
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Search Security [http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/video/0,297151,sid14_gci1352074,00.html Video Interview with Boaz Gelbord]
<li>What is the total approximate annual revenue of your organization in USD?</li>
 
a. Under 1 million <br>
 
b. 1 million – 5 million <br>
 
c. 5 million- 25 million<br>
 
d. 25 million- 100 million<br>
 
e. Over 100 million<br>
 
<li>What market do you serve?</li>
 
a.      Finance<br>
 
b.      Medical<br>
 
c.      Energy<br>
 
d.      Government<br>
 
e.      Education<br>
 
f.      Professional Services<br>
 
g.      Non-profit<br>
 
h.      Retail<br>
 
i.      Manufacturing<br>
 
j.      Hospitality and Tourism<br>
 
k.      Other (please specify)<br>
 
<li>What is your role within the organization?</li>
 
a. Developer<br>
 
b. Project manager<br>
 
c. Security professional<br>
 
d. Finance<br>
 
e. Sales<br>
 
f. Marketing<br>
 
g. Other (please specify)<br>
 
  
<li>Which of the following sensitive data types do your Web applications process? (check all that apply)</li>
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CIO India [http://www.cio.in/news/viewArticle/ARTICLEID=5931602 Web Apps Security Spending Rising]
a. Names, addresses, and other personal data<br>
 
b. Credit card information<br>
 
c. Health care related information<br>
 
d. Financial account information<br>
 
e. Other (please specify)<br>
 
<li>Which of the following security personnel does your organization have (check all that apply)</li>
 
a. A Chief Information Security Officer or other dedicated security executive on the company’s executive board.<br>
 
b. A senior manager or director dedicated to security<br>
 
c. Network security engineers<br>
 
d. Developers dedicated primarily to security<br>
 
e. An Information Security Officer who also has other responsibilities.<br>
 
f. None<br>
 
g. Don’t know<br>
 
  
<li>Approximately how many developers does your organization employ?</li>
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Information Security Magazine [http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/magazineFeature/0,296894,sid14_gci1352162,00.html Web browsers remain vulnerable to user mistakes]
<li>What is the approximate total number of employees in your organization?</li>
 
<li>How much of your development is outsourced or subcontracted?</li>
 
a. None<br>
 
b. Only minor functions<br>
 
c. Some<br>
 
d. Major components are outsourced<br>
 
e. Most<br>
 
f.     Don't know
 
  
<li>How do you review the security of outsourced or subcontracted code?</li>
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== Project Leadership ==
a. We don’t review the security<br>
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The Security Spending Benchmarks Project Leader is [http://www.boazgelbord.com/ Boaz Gelbord] (Executive Director of Information Security, Wireless Generation and Founder, [http://www.securityscoreboard.com/ Security Scoreboard]). Boaz can be reached directly at '''boaz.gelbord AT owasp.org''' with any questions or feedback. Jeremiah Grossman (Founder & CTO, WhiteHat Security) is also closely assisting in the effort.
b. We contractually require adherence to best practice<br>
 
c. We specify particular security measures<br>
 
d. We do a code review<br>
 
e. We require an external review<br>
 
f.     Don't know <br>
 
  
<li>Do your developers undergo software security training? (please check appropriate box)</li>
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== Project Contributors  ==
a. Yes, via an external training course<br>
 
b. Yes, via internal resources<br>
 
c. Yes, via certifications<br>
 
d. No<br>
 
e. Don’t know<br>
 
  
<li>Which of the following background checks are conducted when hiring developers? (please check all that apply)</li>
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[[Image:AppSecLogo.jpg]]<br clear="all">
a. Basic criminal background check<br>
 
b. Extensive overall background check via third party<br>
 
c.      Contacting references<br>
 
d.      None<br>
 
e.      Don't know <br>
 
  
<li>How important is previous security experience when hiring developers?</li>
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[[Image:Aspect_logo_resized.jpg]]<br clear="all">
a.      Very important<br>
 
b.      Somewhat important<br>
 
c.      Nice to have but not a priority<br>
 
d.      Not a factor in hiring<br>
 
e.     Don't know <br>
 
  
<li>Do you have internal security checkpoints during the software development life-cycle?</li>
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[[Image:Cenzic.jpg]]<br clear="all">
a. Yes, at every stage of the development cycle<br>
 
b. Yes, during the design phase<br>
 
c. Yes, during the testing phase<br>
 
d. No<br>
 
e.     Don't know <br>
 
  
<li> If you answered yes to the question on internal security review, where is the organizational responsibility for this review?</li>
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[[Image:Cigital_logo.gif]]<br clear="all">
a. Within the development team<br>
 
b. Within the QA team<br>
 
c. Within a security team<br>
 
d. Within the internal audit team<br>
 
e. It varies<br>
 
f. Don’t know<br>
 
  
<li>Do you perform external security reviews before deploying a Web application?</li>
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[[Image:CSI.jpg | 200px]]<br clear="all">
a. Every web application undergoes an external review before deployment<br>
 
b. Only security critical applications undergo an external review<br>
 
c.      Only when requested by customers<br>
 
d.      We never perform external security reviews<br>
 
e.     Don't know<br>
 
  
<li>If you answered yes to the question on external security reviews, how often do you engage external security firms? (check all that apply)</li>
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[[Image:Denim_logo.gif]]<br clear="all">
a. Once at the design phase<br>
 
b. When making important security choices<br>
 
c. Ad hoc, as needed<br>
 
d. Prior to release<br>
 
  
<li>If you answered yes to the question on external security reviews, what is the approximate annual expenditure on these reviews?</li><br>
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[[Image:echelonone.jpg]]<br clear="all">
  
<li>Does the costs of these security reviews come from: (check all that apply)</li>
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[[Image:eema.jpg]]<br clear="all">  
a. The development budget<br>
 
b. The Q&A budget<br>
 
c. A security budget<br>
 
d. A general budget<br>
 
e. It varies<br>
 
f. Don’t know<br>
 
  
<li>What percentage of your total developer’s time is directly devoted to security activities? (code reviews, meetings, etc)</li>
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[[Image:Fortify_logo.png]]<br clear="all">
a. Under 2%<br>
 
b. 2%-5%<br>
 
c. 5%-10%<br>
 
d. 10%-15%<br>
 
e. Over 15%<br>
 
f. I don’t know - we don’t measure time in that way<br>
 
  
<li>How important is software security generally to your customers?</li>
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[[Image:GDS_LOGO_SMALL.jpg]]<br clear="all">
a. Extremely important<br>
 
b. Very important<br>
 
c. Important<br>
 
d. Not very important<br>
 
e.      Don't know - I don't deal with customers.
 
  
<li>Does your organization produce software or systems that deal primarily with:</li>
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[[Image:Ifis_logo.jpg]]<br clear="all">
a. Highly sensitive data<br>
 
b. Somewhat sensitive data<br>
 
c. Not very sensitive data <br>
 
d. Depends on who is deploying it<br>
 
  
<li>How important is Web application security to your executive management?</li>
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[[Image:MetroSITEGroup.jpg]] <br clear="all">
a. Absolutely critical<br>
 
b. Very important<br>
 
c. Somewhat important<br>
 
d. Nice to have<br>
 
e. Not very important<br>
 
  
<li>Is security a part of your marketing or branding strategy for your product?</li>
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[[Image:Imperva_Logo.gif]]<br clear="all">
a. Yes<br>
 
b. No<br>
 
  
<li>Have you suffered a significant public security incident in the last two years?</li>
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[[Image:The-open-group.gif]]<br clear="all">
a. Yes<br>
 
b. No<br>
 
c.     Don't know <br>
 
  
<li> If you answered Yes to the last question, what damage resulted from this breach? (please check all that apply)</li>
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[[Image:Rapid7.png]]<br clear="all">
<li>How do you think your organization’s security spending in 2009 will change in relation to 2008?
 
</li>
 
  
a. We will spend over 20% more in 2009 than 2008<br>
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[[Image:Sectheory-logo-2.jpg]]<br clear="all">
b. We will spend between up to 20% more in 2009 and 2008<br>
 
c. We will spend up to 20% less in 2009 than 2008<br>
 
d.      We will spend over 20% less in 2009 than 2008 <br>
 
e. We don’t know yet how much we will spend in 2009<br>
 
f. We don’t measure security spending<br>
 
</ol>
 
  
== Project Status  ==
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[[Image:Logo_securosis.png]]<br clear="all">
Completing the project description text and finalizing the proposed 25 survey questions.
 
  
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[[Image:Tssci.png]]<br clear="all">
  
== Project Contributors  ==
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[[Image:TTT_logo_2008.png]]<br clear="all">
The Security Spending Benchmarks Project Leader is Boaz Gelbord (Executive Director of Information Security, Wireless Generation). Boaz can be contacted reached directly at '''bgelbord AT wgen.net''' with any questions or feedback.
 
  
<ul>
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[[Image:Whitehat_security_logo.gif]]<br clear="all">
<li>Jeremiah Grossman (CTO, WhiteHat Security)</li>
 
</ul>
 

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NEXT REPORT CURRENTLY COLLECTING RESPONSES - AIMING FOR Q2 DELIVERY

Q2 Report Published - Focus on Cloud Computing

The Q2 report of the OWASP Security Spending Benchmarks Project is now available. It can be found at the following link:

[PDF Download]

There are a number of key findings in the Q2 09 study:

  • Software-as-a-Service is in much greater use than Infrastructure-as-a-Service or Platform-as-a-Service. Over half of respondents make moderate or significant use of SaaS. Less than a quarter of all respondents make any use of either IaaS or PaaS.
  • Security spending does not change significantly as a result of cloud computing. Respondents did not report significant spending changes in the areas of network security, third party security reviews, security personnel, or identity management.
  • Organizations are not doing their homework when it comes to cloud security. When engaging a cloud partner, only half of organizations inquire about common security-related issues, and only a third require documentation of security measures in place.
  • The risk of an undetected data breach is the greatest concern with using cloud computing, closely followed by the risk of a public data breach.
  • Compliance and standards requirements related to cloud computing are not well understood. Respondents report having the greatest understanding of PCI requirements relating to cloud computing and the least understanding of HIPAA cloud requirements.


Security Spending Benchmarks Project Report March 2009

The Q1 2009 report of the OWASP Security Spending Benchmarks Project is now available. It can be found at the following link:

[PDF Download].

There are a number of key findings in the Q1 09 study:

  • Organizations that have suffered a public data breach spend more on security in the development process than those that have not.
  • Web application security spending is expected to either stay flat or increase in nearly two thirds of companies.
  • Half of respondents consider security experience important when hiring developers, and a majority provide their developers with security training. 38% have a third party firm conduct a security review of outsourced code.
  • At least 61% of respondents perform an independent third party security review before deploying a Web application while 17% do not (the remainder do not know or do so when requested by customers).
  • Just under half of the surveyed organizations have Web application firewalls deployed for at least some of their Web applications.

Raw Data

Transparency is a key principle of the OWASP SSB Project. For this reason all raw survey results are made available to the community. We welcome additional commentary and interpretations on the survey data. The raw survey data can be found here.

Inquiries

Please contact the project leader Boaz Gelbord (bgelbord at wgen dot net) if you have questions about the project or you would like to inquire about contributing to the project.

About the Security Spending Benchmarks Project

The Security Spending Benchmarks Project seeks to produce guidance and an industry accepted benchmark for justifying overall Web application security spending. We want to quantify how many dollars and human resources should be allocated towards the software development life-cycle, security training, security software/tools, independent third-party reviews, Web application firewalls, etc. This project is motivated by the fact that:

  • There are few, if any, industry standard benchmarks for executive management to consider when deciding what is a reasonable amount of resources to spend on Web application security in or out of the software development processes.
  • Spending on security helps mitigate risks whose potential costs are often difficult to quantify, thereby making justifying and obtaining security budgets difficult.
  • Many business initiatives require organizations to take “reasonable measures” and “adhere to best practices” for developing, delivering, and/or hosting secure Web application, but there is no industry consensus or data repositories on how this translates into monetary terms.
  • Smaller organizations outside of highly regulated industries purchase and deploy Web applications with no realistic ability to evaluate their security program.
  • Producing a less secure Web application may be less expensive than producing a more secure version of the same software. Organization that have invested development resources into software security may not be able to charge a premium for this investment because there is no reference point for the investment.


The survey was formulated with the help of our project partners to address the following questions and many others:

  • What percentage of a Web application development groups headcount is dedicated towards security?
  • How much budget is allocated towards Web application security as a percentage of software development and overall operational IT security costs?
  • Where do Web application security budget come from?
  • How much budget is allocated towards security education?

Data Collection & Distribution

We utilize the SurveyMonkey system to host surveys conducted for the OWASP SSB Project. We do not collect any publicly identifiable information including names, addresses, employer, email addresses, etc. from the respondents. While we expect a limited number of respondents trying to intentionally skew the results, we take precautions to limit the potential while not creating unnecessary overhead. We control survey access via username/password, as well as through a trusted network of contacts. All information collected is made available through Survey Monkey.


Project Status

Q2 Timeline:

1. April 1-15: Discuss thematic priorities with partners. Expand partner network.
2. April 15-30: Formulate survey questions based on identified thematic priorities
3. May 1st-June 10th (EXTENDED): Collect survey responses through partner network.
4. June 10th-June 20th: Analyze results and produce draft report.
5. June 20th - June 25th: Get partner feedback on draft and make edits.
6. June 30th: Final report published

Q1 Timeline:

1. Completing the project description text and finalizing the proposed survey questions. (DONE)
2. January 12th - Open up survey to respondents (DONE)
3. February 6 (extended from Jan 26) - Close survey (DONE)
4. February 6th - Survey Analysis Begins (DONE)
5. February 6th-20th - Boaz Gelbord and Jeremiah Grossman to edit draft report (DONE)
6. February 20th- Decision point whether to include late submissions (DONE)
7. February 20th - Circulate draft report to partners with raw data, request to keep data confidential prior to publication. (DONE)
8. March 19th (was March 15th) - Publish report after integrating partner feedback. Generate community interest and discussion around results.(DONE)
9. After March 19th - Coordinate formal acceptance of deliverable by OWASP and plan further steps for the project.

News Coverage of OWASP SSB Project

SC Magazine: OWASP Security Spending Benchmarks Report Published

Dark Reading: Web Application Security Spending Relatively Unscathed by Poor Economy

Search Security: More companies seek third-party code review, survey finds

Security-Insider: (Germany): OWASP Top Ten 2010

PC World: Survey Guages Web Application Security Spending

Info World Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending

Network World Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending

The IT Chronicle Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending

The Industry Standard Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending

CIO.com Survey Gauges Web Application Security Spending

CIO Espana Más de un 25% de las empresas elevará su gasto en seguridad de aplicaciones Web

Information Week Firms Taking Web App Security (More) Seriously

Search Security Podcast

Search Security Video Interview with Boaz Gelbord

CIO India Web Apps Security Spending Rising

Information Security Magazine Web browsers remain vulnerable to user mistakes

Project Leadership

The Security Spending Benchmarks Project Leader is Boaz Gelbord (Executive Director of Information Security, Wireless Generation and Founder, Security Scoreboard). Boaz can be reached directly at boaz.gelbord AT owasp.org with any questions or feedback. Jeremiah Grossman (Founder & CTO, WhiteHat Security) is also closely assisting in the effort.

Project Contributors

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