The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit community that publishes free guidance on web application security. Its best-known document, the OWASP Top 10, ranks the most critical categories of web application security risk based on real-world data. It is updated every few years, so the exact order and names change, but the core categories are durable and Security+ expects you to recognize them and their defenses. Developers use the list to prioritize secure coding, and security teams use it to scope testing and code review.
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