OWASP SAMM and the SAMM v2 release is the open source software security maturity model used to develop secure software for IT, application and software security technologists.

Software powers the world, but insecure software threatens safety, trust, and economic growth. Your support powers SAMM.

OWASP SAMM defines five business functions and fifteen security practices to help organizations assess and improve their software security posture.

February 11, 2020 - SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The OWASP SAMM™ (Software Assurance Maturity Model) is a community-led open-sourced framework that allows teams and developers to assess, formulate, and implement strategies for better security which can be ...

The SAMM assessment toolbox lets you measure the quality of your software assurance maturity performance.

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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 integrate into their existing Software ...

The Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) is an open framework to help organizations formulate and implement a strategy for software security that is tailored to the specific risks facing the organization.

The Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) project provides an effective and measurable way for an organization to analyze their secure development lifecycle, and identify any gaps or improvements. SAMM is one of the OWASP's flagship projects, and can be downloaded from the SAMM project site.

March 13, 2024 - OWASP SAMM v2 is a structured framework that helps organizations evaluate and improve their software security practices continuously. It provides a roadmap for organizations to assess their security maturity level and implement strategies to ...

April 22, 2024 - One such initiative is the Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) proposed by OWASP2—an open community dedicated to enabling application security through tools, guides, and methodologies.

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OWASP SAMM is used by organizations that develop, buy, or maintain software and want to improve application security, reduce development risk, and demonstrate software security maturity.

March 23, 2011 - As an open project, SAMM content shall always remain vendor-neutral and freely available for all to use. OWASP.org is a valuable resource for any company involved with online payment card transactions. Dell uses OWASP’s Software Assurance Maturity Model (OpenSAMM) to help focus our resources and determine which components of our secure application development program to prioritize.

April 15, 2025 - Learn how to combine OWASP SAMM with OWASP ASVS for a comprehensive approach to application security, enhancing both maturity and verification processes.

September 8, 2023 - The OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM) provides a set of practices, as well as a means of measuring the maturity of those practices, which help organizations get security right.

The Secure Build (SB) practice emphasises the importance of building software in a standardised, repeatable manner, and of doing so using secure components, including 3rd party software dependencies.

Both streams have achievable goals that can be reached at increasing levels of maturity. SAMM's model looks like this: OWASP SAMM defines four maturity levels (0 to 3) for each security practice and business function.

February 18, 2026 - OWASP SAMM (owaspsamm.org) is a structured framework to assess and enhance Software Security Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) maturity across business functions.