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# Application Security is More than Just Pen Testing

- URL: https://www.ostering.com/application-security-is-more-than-just-pen-testing/
- Published: 2022-09-10T21:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-22T11:46:59.651Z
- Description: Application Security is More than Just Pen Testing, ostering.com, Brett Crawley
- Author: Brett Crawley
- Tags: Application Security, OWASP, Security, Strategy

So often organizations believe that Application Security stops at penetration testing and fixing vulnerabilities but it is more than that, penetration testing is the reactive side of things but you also need the proactive aspects of Application Security to reduce the flow.

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Today I've just launched a poster explaining what AppSec Application Security is, this is the latest poster in OWASP Application Security Awareness Campaigns project. I hope you enjoy it.

[![AppSec Application Security][1]][2]

The AppSec poster and email template is available [here][3] for download


[1]:https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-awareness-campaigns/assets/images/thumbnails/sec_roles/appsec.jpg "AppSec"
[2]:https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-awareness-campaigns/assets/images/sec_roles/appsec.jpg "AppSec"
[3]:https://owasp.org/www-project-application-security-awareness-campaigns/assets/appsec.zip