With web-based attacks on the rise, application security is a hot topic today. And we’re not even talking zero-day attacks, but tried-and-true SQL injections (SQLi), cross-site scripting (XSS), and other methods that have been around for quite a while. Although web apps are the bread and butter of so many companies today, they are often not given the same security protections as other parts of the IT environment.
Because of this, we will discuss all things web applications and how to select the right application security solution to keep them safe from attack.
The security risks of today’s web applications
Development teams have adopted fast release cycles and continuous development, so they don’t have time to write and build code from scratch, making apps complex and often unable to be scanned by traditional web scanners. If a scanner is built to detect name and value pairs and is presented with a web app with a modern web framework, it might not be able to scan it and could require manual intervention—that is, if that person knows what to look for. In addition to that, functionality spread across APIs, microservices, and other components makes it difficult to see these parts as one cohesive application.
Another result of rapid development cycles that adds complexity to security is the reuse of code from open source libraries, but if that kit has a known vulnerability in it and you unknowingly introduce it into your environment, you could open your organization up to more risk. Fu ..
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