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1515### 5.1.3 Cheat Sheet Series
1616
17- The [ OWASP Cheat Sheet Series] [ cheatsheets ] were created to provide a concise collection of high value information
17+ The [ OWASP Cheat Sheet Series] [ cheatsheets ] provide a concise collection of high value information
1818on a wide range of specific application security topics.
19- The cheat sheets are created by various application security professionals who have expertise in specific topics.
19+ The cheat sheets have been created by various application security professionals who have expertise in specific topics.
2020
2121The Cheat Sheet Series [ documentation project] [ cheatproject ] is an OWASP Flagship Project in constant development.
2222
23- #### What is the Cheat Sheet Series ?
23+ #### What are the Cheat Sheets ?
2424
25- To Do: go into more detail about the Cheat Sheet Series so that a developer
26- can gain an overview of what this documentation project can provide for them.
25+ The Cheat Sheets are a series of self contained articles written by the security community
26+ on a specific subject within the security domain.
27+ The topics covered by the cheat sheets is wide, ranging from AJAX Security to XS (Cross Site) vulnerabilities.
28+ Each cheat sheet provides an introduction to the subject which provides enough information to understand the basic concept.
29+ It then goes on to describe its subject in more detail, often supplying recommendations or best practices.
30+
31+ The OWASP Cheat Sheets are a common body of knowledge created by the software security community
32+ for a wide audience that is not confined to the security community.
2733
2834#### Why use them?
2935
30- To Do: provide more context for the Cheat Sheet Series that allows developers to determine
31- whether to use them in their project.
36+ The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series provide developers and security engineers with most, and perhaps all,
37+ of the information on security topics that they will need to do their job.
38+ In addition the Cheat Sheets are regarded as authoritative: it is recommended to follow the advice in these Cheat Sheets.
39+ If a web application does not follow the recommendations in a cheat sheet, for example,
40+ then the implementation could be challenged during the testing or review processes.
3241
33- #### How to apply them
42+ #### How to use them
3443
3544The OWASP Spotlight series provides a good overview of using this documentation:
3645'Project 4 - [ Cheat Sheet Series] [ spotlight04 ] '.
3746
38- To Do: give a brief outline of how applying the Cheat Sheet Series documentation provides value for a web development team.
39- Do not repeat the project documentation itself; ideally provide a primer and a pointer to the documentation.
47+ There are a lot of cheat sheets in the OWASP Cheat Sheet Series;
48+ 91 of them as of March 2024 and this number is set to increase.
49+ The OWASP community recognises that this may become overwhelming at first, and so has arranged them in various ways:
50+
51+ * [ Alphabetically] [ cheatsheet-alpha ]
52+ * Indexed to follow the [ ASVS project] [ cheatsheet-asvs ] or the [ MASVS project] [ cheatsheet-masvs ]
53+ * Arranged in sections of the [ OWASP Top 10] [ cheatsheet-top10 ] or the [ OWASP Proactive Controls] [ cheatsheet-proactive ]
54+
55+ The cheat sheets are continually being updated and are always open to contributions from the security community.
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4662[ cheatproject ] : https://owasp.org/www-project-cheat-sheets/
4763[ cheatsheets ] : https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/
64+ [ cheatsheet-alpha ] : https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/Glossary.html
65+ [ cheatsheet-asvs ] : https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/IndexASVS.html
66+ [ cheatsheet-masvs ] : https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/IndexMASVS.html
67+ [ cheatsheet-proactive ] : https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/IndexProactiveControls.html
68+ [ cheatsheet-top10 ] : https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/IndexTopTen.html
4869[ edit070103 ] : https://github.com/OWASP/www-project-developer-guide/blob/main/draft/07-implementation/01-documentation/03-cheatsheets.md
4970[ issue070103 ] : https://github.com/OWASP/www-project-developer-guide/issues/new?labels=content&template=request.md&title=Update:%2007-implementation/01-documentation/03-cheatsheets
5071[ spotlight04 ] : https://youtu.be/S1cVYRDeiPQ
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