A secure coding checklist for modern web apps
NEO Campus Editorial11 January 20266 min read
The OWASP Top 10 has not changed dramatically in years because the same bugs keep shipping. Here is the practical checklist.
Inputs are hostile by default
Validate, escape, and parameterise. Modern ORMs help; raw string concatenation in SQL still bites.
AuthZ is harder than AuthN
Most modern bugs are broken access control, not broken login. Test object-level permissions for every endpoint.
Secrets stay out of code
Use a secrets manager. A git history is forever.
