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OWTF aims to make pen testing:
• Aligned with OWASP Testing Guide + PTES + NIST
• More creative and fun (minimise un-creative work)
so that pentesters will have more time to
• See the big picture and think out of the box
• More efficiently find, verify and combine vulnerabilities
• Have time to investigate complex vulnerabilities like business logic/architectural flaws or virtual hosting sessions
• Perform more tactical/targeted fuzzing on seemingly risky areas
• Demonstrate true impact despite the short timeframes we are typically given to test.
OWTF attempts to solve the “penetration testers are never given enough time to test properly” problem, or in other words, OWTF = Test/Exploit ASAP, with this in mind, as of right now, the priorities are:
• To improve security testing efficiency (i.e. test more in less time)
• To improve security testing coverage (i.e. test more)
• Gradually integrate the best tools
• Unite the best tools and make them work together with the security tester
• Remove or Reduce the need to babysit security tools during security assessments
• Be a respository of PoC resource links to assist exploitation of vulnerabilities in order to illustrate risk to businesses.
• Help penetration testers save time on report writing
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