SECURITY INSIGHT

OWASP Web Security Basics for Website Owners

Learn the core web application security areas inspired by modern OWASP testing practices.

Modern application security covers far more than HTTP headers.

Identity and access

Review authentication, authorization, session management and least-privilege access.

Input and output

Validate untrusted input and encode output to reduce injection and cross-site scripting risk.

Business logic

Test workflows for authorization bypasses, abuse cases and unexpected state transitions.

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