So this week we’re back from Tweet-cation, and back to posting audit checklists and tools for everyone to enjoy. Last week I was teaching in San Diego for SANS Network Security and now I’m back and back on the bandwagon. We know everyone’s busy and it’s easy to miss some of these references, so here you go in blog format – which can now be indexed FOREVER by the Google Gods.

This last week’s topic was web application assessment, and we’ll continue the trend via Twitter this week with audit checklists for evaluating an SDLC and tools for fuzzing applications to boot! Not following me on Twitter yet? The handles are @isaudit and @jamestarala.  

Web Application Audit Checklists & Security Guides:

OWASP Web Application Checklist

Web Application Basic & Advanced Checklists

Microsoft – Web App Architecture

Basic SANS Institute Checklist

Tools for Auditing Web Applications:

W3AF

HP WebInspect

Wikto

IBM Appscan

We hope everyone will enjoy and use these tools this week. If you have suggestions or ideas for future audit checklists or tools, please let us know, we’d love to hear your feedback.