In an increasingly interconnected digital world, web applications are the backbone of online services. With this ubiquity comes a significant risk: web applications are prime targets for cyberattacks.

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While traditional penetration testing (pen testing) has long been the go-to method for identifying security gaps in a organization’s network and web application, a new approach has emerged: ...

Almost every week the media picks up on another case of sensitive data being retrieved from Web sites with bad security. Web application security never has been more important, yet many Web sites ...

Access control vulnerabilities and misconfigurations occur more often than any other security weakness and took the No. 1 spot on a top 10 list of Web application security risks, according to a draft ...

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an international nonprofit dedicated to providing free documentation, tools, videos, and forums for anyone interested in improving the security of ...

Are you concerned about the security of your external web applications? Rightly so, as cyber-attacks on web applications are on the rise and can do some serious damage to your business. According to ...

The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report says most hacks still happen through breaches of web applications. For this reason, testing and securing applications has become a priority for many ...

Four out of five applications written in popular web scripting languages contain at least one of the critical risks in an industry-standard security benchmark, according to a report from Veracode.