CREST OVS helps build trust into mobile and web app development 28 October, 2022 CREST, the international not-for-profit, membership body representing the global cyber security industry, has announced Across Verticals, Nettitude, Pentest People, Trustwave and VerSprite as the first companies to be awarded accreditation to its OWASP Verification Standard (OVS) program, a quality assurance standard for the global application security industry. Developed in consultation with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), this first of its kind accreditation gives buyers of application security testing services the peace of mind that…
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CREST launches OWASP Verification Standard (OVS) Program
CREST OVS will provide increased levels of assurance for application security assessments. 4 August 2022: CREST, the international not-for-profit, membership body representing the global cyber security industry, in consultation with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), today announced the OWASP Verification Standard (OVS), a new quality assurance standard for the global application security industry. CREST OVS provides mobile and web app developers with greater security assurance and accredited organisations with enhanced access to the growing app development industry. CREST OVS measures an organisation’s ability to execute and deliver assessments…
Read MoreNew report from CREST highlights the need to improve cyber security in Industrial Control Systems
A lack of standards-based technical security testing is putting industrial control environments and critical national infrastructure at risk 29 June 2017: There is a pressing need to improve cyber security in Industrial Control System (ICS) environments to avoid future breaches that could impact critical national infrastructure concludes CREST, the not-for-profit accreditation body representing the technical information security industry, in its latest position paper, ‘Industrial Control Systems: Technical Security Assurance’. The report highlights a number of challenges and suggests that more technical security testing has a significant role to play in…
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