Scattered pentest items may not show which security level an application aims for. OWASP ASVS binds authentication, session, access control, cryptography, and similar topics to verifiable requirements. Financial flows, personal data, or a critical app open to external users turn this framework into a need. ASVS is not a certification ceremony; without a written level and exclusions, "we are compliant" is not said. SAST, DAST, and pentest can evidence ASVS items; they are not the document by themselves.
TARGON runs ASVS by collecting evidence item by item: which requirement was tested, which was a design review, which is out of scope. The standard is not pasted as boilerplate; it is mapped to your stack and gaps become development-queue work. Delivery is not an official approval seal; it is verification evidence and a transparent list of open items. Taking ASVS from TARGON puts application security on a measurable frame with the same pentest counterpart.