Standard Guidance

Reach OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 readiness without rebuilding your policy programme

OWASP MASVS v2 is the mobile-specific equivalent of ASVS — eight control families covering storage, cryptography, authentication, network communication, platform interaction, code quality, resilience, and privacy. Adopted as the security baseline for mobile-app submissions to NowSecure, OWASP MASTG, and increasingly by enterprise mobile-app security testing programmes. Quick Policy maps OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 into the policy families, controls, and evidence your team needs - and keeps it current between audits.

Owasp Masvs
Guidance Only
Voluntary
Annual or 365-day review cycle

Standards assurance

Owasp Masvs
GLOBAL
Guidance Only
365 days

How Quick Policy verifies against OWASP_MASVS_V2

Every policy Quick Policy generates is scored against OWASP_MASVS_V2's pass mark, with a PASS, WARN, or FAIL verdict and plain-English guidance on what to fix when it falls short.

A monthly automated audit re-checks coverage against this standard, so drift is caught between scheduled reviews rather than at the next one.

Audit-ready exports bundle the scored policies, gap guidance, and review history into one evidence pack when it is time to show your work.

OWASP_MASVS_V2 quick answer

OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 sets the policy, control, and evidence expectations an organisation needs to demonstrate when OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 is in scope - and Quick Policy is the fastest way to turn those expectations into a defensible operating programme without months of consultant time. Every policy Quick Policy generates is scored against OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 with a pass mark and plain-English gap guidance, so you can see exactly where you stand before an assessor does.

Standard facts

Framework: OWASP_MASVS

Authority: OWASP Foundation

Jurisdiction: GLOBAL

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Why OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 matters for your operating model

OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 doesn't just dictate document templates - it shapes which controls auditors test, what evidence they ask for, and which gaps surface first during diligence. Getting it wrong creates renewal slippage, audit findings, and stalled customer deals.

  • • Issued by OWASP Foundation with global recognition.
  • • Directly shapes policy families including Secure Development, Mobile Security — these are the artefacts assessors open first.
  • • Common artifacts include Policy.
  • • Obligation model: Voluntary — meaning you need defensible reasoning for in-scope vs out-of-scope decisions, not just signed policies.

How Quick Policy helps you stand up OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2

The platform turns OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 from a PDF of requirements into a live operating model - policies, training, evidence, and audit-export packs that update in lock-step when the standard or your business changes.

  • • Adopt OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 once and Quick Policy seeds the right policy families (Secure Development, Mobile Security) with applicability rationale your auditor can follow.
  • • Common artifacts include Policy.
  • • Review cadence is enforced at ~365 days so policies don't silently expire ahead of recertification.
  • • Standard updates (OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 revisions, errata, regulator guidance) trigger an applicability re-check across your active policies - not a full rewrite.

Policy families commonly involved

Secure Development
Mobile Security

Recommended artifacts and context

Policy

Industry tags: CROSS_INDUSTRY

Obligation model: Voluntary

Coverage depth: Control Set

How Quick Policy operationalizes OWASP_MASVS_V2

Turn standards context into drafting, review, training, and evidence workflows that are easier to maintain over time.

1

Capture Core Profile

6-8 minutes
Unlocks drafting with a verified organisational baseline.

Admins complete adaptive onboarding to establish operating model, risk posture, and compliance objectives.

2

Determine Applicable Standards

1-2 minutes
Prevents generic policies by grounding outputs in real obligations.

Standards applicability ranks obligations by industry, geography, services, and data profile.

3

Generate and Harmonise Policy

3-8 minutes
Creates review-ready drafts with quality diagnostics and provenance.

Three-pass generation drafts, repairs contradictions, and validates coverage before reviewer handoff.

4

Review, Approve, and Sign Off

Team dependent
Maintains accountability, publication controls, and an exportable sign-off record.

Approvers validate policy language, mappings, and obligations, then publish through a sign-off chain that tracks every person against every policy on one exportable compliance matrix.

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Start a guided preview - no card, no sales call. See how OWASP Mobile Application Security Verification Standard v2 applies to you and draft your first aligned policy preview before you pick a plan; publishing and audit-ready exports unlock after checkout.