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CSRF, XXE, and 12 Other Security Acronyms Explained
July 12, 2022, 8:59 a.m. | SmartScanner
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Acronyms are shortcuts, and we love using them, specially the catchy ones! Let's decipher some commonly used acronyms in the cyber security industry.
OWASP
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. The OWASP Top 10 is one their popular projects.
XSS
It stands for Cross-Site Scripting. An X is used instead of the C to prevent confusion with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
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