OWASP
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OWASP is a global non-profit organization focused on improving the security of software through open-source projects, community-led initiatives, and educational resources.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OWASP canonical | 4 |
| Open Web Application Security Project | 2 |
| OWASP Application Security Verification Standard | 1 |
| OWASP SAMM | 1 |
| OWASP ZAP core team | 1 |
| OWASP projects | 1 |
| Open Worldwide Application Security Project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9963097 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OWASP Context triple: [OWASP ZAP, developer, OWASP]
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A.
OWASP Top 10 protections
OWASP Top 10 protections are a widely recognized set of security controls and best practices designed to mitigate the most critical web application security risks identified by the Open Web Application Security Project.
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B.
Internet Security Research Group
The Internet Security Research Group is a nonprofit organization focused on improving internet security and privacy, best known for running the free, automated certificate authority Let's Encrypt.
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C.
OWASP ZAP
OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is an open-source web application security testing tool used to find vulnerabilities in web applications.
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D.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a cybersecurity company specializing in application security testing solutions that help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their software code.
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E.
Rapid7
Rapid7 is a cybersecurity company known for providing vulnerability management, incident detection, and penetration testing solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OWASP Target entity description: OWASP is a global non-profit organization focused on improving the security of software through open-source projects, community-led initiatives, and educational resources.
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A.
OWASP Top 10 protections
OWASP Top 10 protections are a widely recognized set of security controls and best practices designed to mitigate the most critical web application security risks identified by the Open Web Application Security Project.
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B.
Internet Security Research Group
The Internet Security Research Group is a nonprofit organization focused on improving internet security and privacy, best known for running the free, automated certificate authority Let's Encrypt.
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C.
OWASP ZAP
OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is an open-source web application security testing tool used to find vulnerabilities in web applications.
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D.
Checkmarx
Checkmarx is a cybersecurity company specializing in application security testing solutions that help organizations identify and remediate vulnerabilities in their software code.
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E.
Rapid7
Rapid7 is a cybersecurity company known for providing vulnerability management, incident detection, and penetration testing solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
ⓘ
software security organization ⓘ |
| communityModel | volunteer-driven ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
application security
ⓘ
software security ⓘ web application security ⓘ |
| formerName |
Open Web Application Security Project
ⓘ
linked to:
OWASP
|
| foundedIn | 2001 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Open Worldwide Application Security Project
ⓘ
linked to:
OWASP
|
| hasChaptersIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| hasHeadquarters |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasProject |
OWASP Application Security Verification Standard
ⓘ
OWASP Cheat Sheet Series ⓘ OWASP Dependency-Check ⓘ OWASP Juice Shop ⓘ OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide ⓘ OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set ⓘ OWASP Security Knowledge Framework ⓘ OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model ⓘ OWASP Web Security Testing Guide ⓘ
linked to:
OWASP Testing Guide
OWASP Zed Attack Proxy ⓘ
linked to:
OWASP ZAP
|
| hasScope |
secure coding practices
ⓘ
security awareness ⓘ security education ⓘ software development lifecycle security ⓘ vulnerability identification ⓘ vulnerability mitigation ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit organization ⓘ |
| licensePolicy | encourages open-source licenses ⓘ |
| mission | to improve the security of software ⓘ |
| operatesAs |
global organization
ⓘ
open community ⓘ |
| produces |
OWASP Application Security Verification Standard
ⓘ
OWASP Cheat Sheet Series ⓘ OWASP Mobile Top Ten ⓘ OWASP SAMM ⓘ
linked to:
OWASP
OWASP Testing Guide ⓘ OWASP Top Ten ⓘ
linked to:
OWASP Top 10 2021
|
| provides |
community-led initiatives
ⓘ
educational resources ⓘ open-source projects ⓘ security best practices ⓘ security guidelines ⓘ security tools ⓘ training materials ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
architects
ⓘ
developers ⓘ managers ⓘ organizations building software ⓘ security professionals ⓘ |
| website | https://owasp.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OWASP Description of subject: OWASP is a global non-profit organization focused on improving the security of software through open-source projects, community-led initiatives, and educational resources.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.