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OWASP SAMM version 2 - public release

By The SAMM Project Team on January 31, 2020

After three years of preparation, our SAMM project team has delivered version 2 of SAMM! OWASP SAMM (Software Assurance Maturity Model) is the OWASP framework to help organizations assess, formulate, and implement, through our self-assessment model, a strategy for software security they can be integrated into their existing Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). The new SAMM v2 consists of the following components: The SAMM Model overview and introduction, explaining the maturity model in detail A Quick-start Guide with different steps to improve your secure software practice An updated SAMM Toolbox to perform SAMM assessments and create SAMM roadmaps A new SAMM Benchmark initiative to compare your maturity and progress with other similar organizations and teams What’s changed with SAMM v2?

SAMM V2 community release

By The SAMM Project Team on December 20, 2019

SAMM v2 community launch! After three years of preparation, our SAMM project team has delivered release 2 of SAMM! First, we’re releasing SAMM v2 to the OWASP community and then plan our public release for mid-January 2020. We value your feedback and questions. To contribute, do one of the following, in decreasing order of preference: add issues to our SAMM Github repository Complete the Google form per issue Start a discussion on our #project-samm Slack channel on OWASP.

V2 Toolkit

on September 3, 2019

Call for feedback on new toolkit As part of our work towards OWASP SAMM V2 we’ve updated our toolbox. This beta version contains the list of new questions and quality criteria that make up our measurement model. All feedback is welcome. Try it out and get back to us. We’d love to hear your thoughts!

Open Security Summit 2019

on July 10, 2019

SAMM track, an overview and commentary of the event The Open Security Summit 2019 focused on the collaboration between Developers and Application Security and was organised with the support of OWASP. The 5-day sprint on SAMMv2 enabled attendees to work and collaborate intensively towards specific Application Security challenges with a focus on actionable outcomes. In addition to specific Maturity Models sessions, a large number of OWASP SAMM Working Sessions took place at the Summit.

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