Start searching for a where every line of code you commit is judged against the OWASP Top 10 standard.
If you’ve spent any time in the Application Security (AppSec) space, you’ve heard the phrase "OWASP SAST" thrown around. owasp sast
When you put them together, "OWASP SAST" means: Running a static analysis tool configured to prioritize findings that map directly to the OWASP Top 10 risk categories. Here is the dirty secret of legacy SAST tools: They produce noise. Lots of it. Start searching for a where every line of
Run your chosen SAST tool in "Report only" mode for one sprint. Look at the OWASP Critical/High findings only. Ignore "Low" OWASP informational flags for the first month. Here is the dirty secret of legacy SAST
A standard SAST tool might flag 10,000 "Informational" buffer overflows in a legacy C++ library you haven't touched in five years. That report is useless. Developers will ignore it, and your security posture won't improve.
But semantically? They are asking for the most important shift in modern DevSecOps.