OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard
This is the official Github Repository of the OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard (MASVS). The MASVS establishes baseline security requirements for mobile apps that are useful in many scenarios, including:
- In the SDLC - to establish security requirements to be followed by solution architects and developers;
- In mobile app penetration tests - to ensure completeness and consistency in mobile app penetration tests;
- In procurement - as a measuring stick for mobile app security, e.g. in form of questionnaire for vendors;
- Et cetera.
Thee MASVS is a sister project of the OWASP Mobile Security Testing Guide.
Getting the MASVS
PDF downloads are available on the Releases page. The current release is MASVS version 1.0.
Creating a Word Doc
Run generate_document.sh from the repository root directory. This will create a word document in the same directory. Requires pandoc.
Exporting to JSON, XML and CSV
The repository contains a Python tool for converting the requirements into various formats. Clone the repo and run export.py from the repository root.
export.py [-h] [--format {json,xml,csv}]
Suggestions and Feedback
To report and error or suggest an improvement, please create an issue.
How to Contribute
The MASVS is an open source effort and we welcome contributions and feedback. If you want to contribute additional content, or improve existing content, we suggest that you first contact us on the OWASP MSTG Slack channel:
https://owasp.slack.com/messages/project-mobile_omtg/details/
You can sign up here:
To add or edit content, simply fork the repository and make your changes, then create a pull request when you are finished. We'll review the changes before we merge them with the master branch in the main repo. In case there's conflicting opinions, we'll create an issue for discussing the changes.
Read Individual Sections of the MASVS Here
- Header
- Foreword
- Frontispiece
- The Mobile Application Security Verification Standard
- Assessment and Verification
- V1: Architecture, Design and Threat Modeling Requirements
- V2: Data Storage and Privacy Requirements
- V3: Cryptography Requirements
- V4: Authentication and Session Management Requirements
- V5: Network Communication Requirements
- V6: Environmental Interaction Requirements
- V7: Code Quality and Build Setting Requirements
- V8: Resiliency Against Reverse Engineering Requirements
- Appendix A: Glossary
- Appendix B: References