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 [![Creative Commons License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "CC BY-SA 4.0")
 
-Welcome to the official repository for the Open Web Application Security Project® (OWASP) Cheat Sheet Series project. The project focuses on providing good security practices for builders in order to secure their applications.
+Welcome to the official repository for the Open Worldwide Application Security Project® (OWASP) Cheat Sheet Series project. The project focuses on providing good security practices for builders in order to secure their applications.
 
 In order to read the cheat sheets and **reference** them, use the project [official website](https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org). The project details can be viewed on the [OWASP main website](https://owasp.org/www-project-cheat-sheets/) without the cheat sheets.
 
@@ -85,4 +85,4 @@ A special thank you to the following people for their help provided during the m
 - [Elie Saad](https://github.com/ThunderSon): For valuable help in updating the OWASP Wiki links for all the migrated cheat sheets and for years of leadership and other project support.
 - [Jakub Maćkowski](https://github.com/mackowski): For valuable help in updating the OWASP Wiki links for all the migrated cheat sheets.
 
-Open Web Application Security Project and OWASP are registered trademarks of the OWASP Foundation, Inc.
+Open Worldwide Application Security Project and OWASP are registered trademarks of the OWASP Foundation, Inc.