Guides & Resources

The OWASP Top 10 (2021) ranks the most critical web application security risks, derived from data across ~500,000 applications plus a community survey. This guide covers all ten categories, A01 through A10, each with a plain-language definition, a concrete real-world example, and a checklist for detection and prevention. Terminology follows OWASP WSTG, ASVS, and CWE mappings so you can trace each risk to testable controls.

A penetration test report is an action list, not a verdict on your team. This guide walks you through the parts that actually drive decisions: how CVSS v3.1 scores map to severity, how to sequence fixes by risk versus effort, what a proof of concept and a false positive really mean, and how verification re-testing and the report itself support SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.

This is a practical, review-ready checklist mapped to OWASP ASVS 4.0.3 verification levels and the WSTG test IDs your pentester will actually use. Each item is a concrete control you can implement, diff, and test in CI — not a slogan. Work top to bottom; treat every unchecked box as an open finding.

A penetration test report is full of acronyms — CVSS, IDOR, SSRF, HSTS. This glossary explains the 30 terms that matter most, in plain language, so buyers and non-experts can read a report and make decisions without a security degree. Each definition is grounded in real standards (OWASP, CVSS, NIST, ISO 27001).