Overview of OWASP Top Ten Course

An overview of OWASP and their methodology for the Top Ten list.

45 minutes

Course description

In this course, we will look at the OWASP organization and what its purpose is. We’ll dive into the details of how they create the Top Ten list: where it comes from, how they calculate the severity of each risk and how they determine where each risk ranks. We also review the possible disparity between OWASP’s ranking and your own organization’s ranking, depending on your needs.

Syllabus

Welcome to the OWASP Top Ten!

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Overview of OWASP Top Ten

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Overview of the OWASP organization and their methodology for creating and publishing the 2021 Top Ten list.

Meet the author

John Wagnon

John Wagnon is an Enterprise Systems Engineer with Fortinet where he provides technical security solutions for some of the largest companies in the world. John is certified in several industry-relevant areas including Fortinet NSE 7 (Security Architect), CISSP, Certified Ethical Hacker and Six Sigma (Process Improvement).
Prior to his work at Fortinet, John was a Solutions Architect with F5 where he provided technical solutions for F5 customers around the world.  Prior to F5, he worked for a technology consulting firm where he analyzed cyberattacks against U.S. Department of Defense computer systems and networks.  Prior to his consulting work, he was a Communications Officer in the U.S. Air Force where he specialized in ground and satellite networks.  John holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Master of Science in Computer Networks.

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