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Prove you actually know your A01 from your A10: the OWASP Top 10 badge puts your real AppSec skills through a 15-minute AI oral that no LinkedIn checkbox can replicate.
The Plume OWASP Top 10 badge measures your hands-on mastery of the 10 most critical web application security risk categories as defined by the OWASP Foundation in the 2021 edition. The 15-minute AI oral covers all ten categories: A01 Broken Access Control, A02 Cryptographic Failures, A03 Injection, A04 Insecure Design, A05 Security Misconfiguration, A06 Vulnerable and Outdated Components, A07 Identification and Authentication Failures, A08 Software and Data Integrity Failures, A09 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures, and A10 SSRF. The AI examiner does not ask you to recite the list. It puts you in real scenarios drawn from production incidents, code reviews, and penetration testing engagements and pushes you to reason through attack vectors and remediations in your own words.
What makes the badge credible is the nature of the evaluation itself. Anyone can write "OWASP Top 10" on a resume, but the Plume oral forces you to explain concretely how you detect SSRF against AWS IMDSv1 vs IMDSv2, how you differentiate NoSQL injection from classic SQLi at the query level, or how you tune SAST and DAST tools inside a CI/CD pipeline without drowning in false positives. The full audio transcript is then analyzed by Claude Opus, which produces a 0-to-100 score and a certified proficiency level: Novice, Proficient, Advanced, or Expert.
This badge is built for back-end and full-stack developers who want to make their security instincts visible, for pentesters and AppSec consultants looking to stand out with objective evidence, for DevSecOps engineers who own the security posture of their delivery pipelines, and for engineering leads who need to benchmark their team's real OWASP coverage before the next compliance audit or incident.
Here are the concrete dimensions the AI examines during the 15-minute oral.
Spotting and exploiting IDOR flaws, role misconfiguration, JWT bypass, and overly permissive CORS policies that expose unauthorized resources in real production applications.
Detecting and remediating SQL, NoSQL, LDAP, and command injection vulnerabilities, as well as SSRF attacks targeting cloud metadata endpoints like AWS IMDSv1/v2 and GCP metadata server.
Identifying weak crypto in code review: deprecated algorithms (MD5, SHA-1), reused IVs, JWTs signed with weak HS256 secrets, and hardcoded credentials buried in config files or environment variables.
Understanding supply chain risks: unsigned package verification, compromised CI/CD pipelines, dependency confusion attacks, and lessons from real-world incidents like SolarWinds and event-stream.
Embedding OWASP controls into automated pipelines: selecting and configuring SAST tools (Semgrep, Checkmarx), DAST tools (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite Enterprise), and SCA tools (Snyk, Dependabot) while managing noise.
Designing a security-oriented logging strategy: what events to capture, how to prevent log injection, and how to map SIEM alerts to specific OWASP attack patterns for faster incident response.
Knowing when the Top 10 is not enough and what to reach for instead: ASVS for full SDLC coverage, SAMM for organizational maturity, API Security Top 10 for microservices and REST architectures.
Analyzing the structural changes between editions: merged categories, the emergence of Insecure Design and Software Integrity Failures, and the practical impact on code review checklists and bug bounty scopes.
Final scoring is performed by Claude (Anthropic), which reads back the full transcript and applies this weighted criteria grid.
Your ability to explain attack mechanisms and defenses with real specificity: naming CVEs, exploitation vectors, misconfigured parameters, and vulnerable code patterns. Vague or surface-level answers score poorly.
The quality and relevance of examples drawn from actual experience: incidents you managed, vulnerabilities you found and fixed, remediations you shipped to production. Candidates who only cite documentation score lower.
Balanced mastery across the full list, not just the well-known categories like SQLi or XSS. Categories like A04 Insecure Design, A08 Integrity Failures, and A09 Logging and Monitoring are reliable indicators of real expertise.
Understanding how OWASP controls fit into CI/CD pipelines, code review workflows, and threat modeling programs, going well beyond just knowing what the vulnerabilities are.
Your ability to explain complex security concepts in a clear, structured way, adjusting the level of detail to match the question. Particularly relevant for roles that require communicating risks to non-security stakeholders.
A Plume session takes about 20 minutes, from tech check to badge delivery.
The AI verifies your microphone is working and the audio connection is stable. No screen sharing required. You can keep a notepad nearby to jot down technical details if that helps you think.
You introduce yourself briefly and describe the project or engagement where you most heavily applied the OWASP Top 10: the type of application, the scope of the audit or code review, and your exact role in the security process.
The AI runs through 4 to 6 in-depth scenario questions: a BAC vulnerability you found in production, SSRF against a cloud metadata endpoint, cryptographic pitfalls spotted in a code review, how you handle false positives in your SAST/DAST setup, and the real differences between OWASP 2017 and 2021. Questions adapt based on your answers.
The AI asks you to step back: when is the Top 10 not enough, and what do you use instead? ASVS for a full secure SDLC baseline, SAMM for organizational maturity measurement, the API Top 10 for microservices-heavy architectures.
Claude Opus analyzes the full transcript and generates your 0-to-100 score, your proficiency level (Novice to Expert), a category-by-category breakdown mapped to A01-A10, and a shareable badge URL. Results arrive within minutes.
Your score out of 100 translates into a level a recruiter can grasp at a glance.
You know the headline categories like SQLi and XSS but struggle to explain less prominent ones like A04 Insecure Design or A08 Software and Data Integrity Failures. You have not yet applied OWASP controls in a real professional context and rely mainly on the official documentation.
You apply the Top 10 during code reviews and have identified real vulnerabilities in production. You are comfortable with categories A01 through A05 and know tools like OWASP ZAP or Semgrep, but your coverage of supply chain risks and logging strategy still has gaps.
You cover all 10 categories with confidence, integrate SAST, DAST, and SCA tools into CI/CD pipelines, can explain what changed between OWASP 2017 and 2021, and know when to escalate to ASVS or the API Top 10. You have managed complex security incidents in production.
You run AppSec programs at organizational scale: you define threat modeling policies, architect DevSecOps pipelines, train development teams, and contribute to frameworks like OWASP ASVS or CWE. Your analysis of supply chain risks and Insecure Design goes well beyond what the Top 10 covers.
No degree or years of experience required to take the badge. Here are the profiles it makes the most sense for.
You build APIs and web applications and want to show that security is a real part of your code review practice, not just something you leave to the security team to clean up after the fact.
You run web application audits and penetration tests. This badge gives you a verifiable proof of OWASP expertise that sets you apart from other consultants in a market where everyone claims the same skills.
You own the security toolchain inside CI/CD pipelines and are responsible for the security posture of what ships to production. The badge validates your ability to operationalize OWASP controls beyond just knowing they exist.
You supervise development teams and are accountable for the security quality of your codebase. This badge demonstrates you can lead OWASP-oriented code reviews and coach your team on the most critical web risk categories.
You have studied web application security and want to turn that knowledge into something concrete you can show recruiters. The badge gives you a timestamped, scored proof of your OWASP level that goes beyond course certificates.
Where and how your OWASP Top 10 badge will help you day to day.
You are interviewing for an Application Security Engineer role at a growth-stage startup. Sending your OWASP badge with a score of 81/100 and an Advanced level before the technical interview shifts the conversation immediately to real scenarios rather than baseline knowledge.
You are pitching a code audit engagement to a SaaS company. Including your OWASP Expert badge URL in the proposal answers the "why you over someone else" question with objective evidence rather than a list of past clients they cannot verify.
You just finished an OWASP training course and want to see what actually stuck. The AI oral surfaces your blind spots, whether that is A08 Integrity Failures or A09 Logging strategy, and the detailed report tells you exactly what to work on next.
You manage a team of six developers and need to map out their real OWASP coverage before the annual security training budget cycle. Running everyone through the badge gives you a data-driven picture of collective gaps rather than gut feel.
You participate in private bug bounty programs and want to signal your OWASP depth to company security teams who gatekeep invitations. The badge acts as instant credibility when they are deciding who gets access to their private scope.
Your organization needs to show clients or external auditors that the engineering team has real command of OWASP risks. Team badge results serve as documented competence evidence alongside formal security policies and penetration test reports.
A few minutes to check you have everything you need.
At the end of your session you don't just get a score — here's everything that awaits you.
Get a precise score and your OWASP proficiency level (Novice, Proficient, Advanced, or Expert) calculated by Claude Opus based on your actual command of all 10 categories, not a multiple-choice quiz.
A detailed analytical breakdown mapped to A01 through A10 that identifies your strengths, your gaps, and your top improvement priorities, ready to inform your next training or professional development move.
Your full 15-minute oral recording is stored privately and accessible only to you. Listen back to analyze how you structure and deliver technical security arguments under real questioning pressure.
A public, verifiable URL to add to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or client proposal. Recruiters and clients see your score, level, and exam date in a single click, with no login required on their end.
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