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Security Governance Policy Example

Mandatory security governance policy applied to every external-facing OpenAPI contract. Enforces OWASP API Security Top 10 conformance checks at design time and re-validates them with a security scan at release.

OWASPSecurityOpenAPIBaseline

Security Governance Policy Example is an example object payload from API Governance, with 18 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

idnamedescriptionscopetargetlifecycleenforcementengineconformancerulesownerapproverstagsguidanceUrlstatusversioncreatedmodified

Example Payload

{
  "id": "owasp-api-security-baseline",
  "name": "OWASP API Security Baseline",
  "description": "Mandatory security governance policy applied to every external-facing OpenAPI contract. Enforces OWASP API Security Top 10 conformance checks at design time and re-validates them with a security scan at release.",
  "scope": "security",
  "target": ["openapi"],
  "lifecycle": ["design", "test", "release", "runtime"],
  "enforcement": "blocking",
  "engine": "spectral",
  "conformance": "MUST",
  "rules": [
    "owasp-no-api-keys-in-url",
    "owasp-define-security-scheme",
    "owasp-protection-global-unsafe",
    "owasp-rate-limit-on-write",
    "owasp-no-numeric-ids",
    "owasp-define-error-validation",
    "owasp-no-additional-properties"
  ],
  "owner": "CISO",
  "approvers": ["CISO", "VP Engineering"],
  "tags": ["OWASP", "Security", "OpenAPI", "Baseline"],
  "guidanceUrl": "https://owasp.org/www-project-api-security/",
  "status": "active",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "created": "2026-02-01",
  "modified": "2026-05-22"
}