Welcome to OWASP Top 10 Insights

Your Gateway to Safer Web Applications

The OWASP Top 10 is a globally recognized standard for identifying and understanding critical web application security risks. Equip your organization with the tools to address today's evolving security challenges.

Why the OWASP Top 10?

• Awareness-Focused: Guides you through the most critical application security risks.
• Data-Driven Precision: Based on insights from over 500,000 applications.
• Expert Collaboration: Combines data-driven insights with expert feedback.

How It's Built

The 2021 OWASP Top 10 combines data from:

• Eight categories from real-world application security data.
• Two categories based on industry-wide surveys.

What's New in 2021?

• Three New Categories:
  • Insecure Design (NEW): Risks from design flaws.
  • Software and Data Integrity Failures (NEW): Trusted source vulnerabilities.
  • Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (NEW): Rising attack vector.
• Four Updated Categories: Modernized naming and scope.
• Consolidation Efforts: Merging overlapping categories.

Note: The OWASP Top 10 evolves yearly to address new challenges.