Security Standards

Industry frameworks, databases, and scoring systems.

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Security Standards

What is CVE?

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) is a public registry of known security vulnerabilities, each assigned a unique identifier used to track and communicate vulnerability information across tools and teams.

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What is CVSS?

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) is a standardized framework for rating the severity of security vulnerabilities, producing a 0–10 score used to prioritize remediation efforts.

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What is CWE?

CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration) is a categorized list of software and hardware weaknesses — root-cause patterns that lead to vulnerabilities — used to guide secure coding, SAST configuration, and vulnerability research.

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What is the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)?

The NVD is the US government's authoritative repository of vulnerability data, enriching CVE entries with CVSS scores, CWE classifications, and affected product lists used by security tools worldwide.

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What is the OWASP API Security Top 10?

The OWASP API Security Top 10 lists the most critical security risks specific to REST, GraphQL, and web APIs — addressing vulnerabilities that the original OWASP Top 10 does not fully cover.

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What is the SANS CWE Top 25?

The CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses is an annual ranking of the most prevalent and impactful software weakness types, used to prioritize secure coding and vulnerability management efforts.

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