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# Web Security

Security plays a major role when developing software. Make sure that the one you create is safe. Below you'll find the OWASP Top Ten list that contains the most critical security risks to web applications.

<table><thead><tr><th width="102.33333333333331">Rank</th><th>Title</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Broken Access Control</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Cryptographic Failures</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Injection</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Insecure Design</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Security Misconfiguration</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Vulnerable and Outdated Components</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Identification and Authentication Failures</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Software and Data Integrity Failures</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Security Logging and Monitoring Failures</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Server-Side Request Forgery</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Don't forget to write automated tests for verifying your application's security.

## Further Resources

* [OWASP Top 10](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/)


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