Web Site Security
Web site security is possibly today’s most unnoticed aspect of securing data. Small and medium-sized enterprises can secure their websites against application vulnerabilities with simple, affordable and easy-to-use service. Intrusion prevention, firewall and Detection system are not sufficient to protect your website against today’s vulnerabilities of applications.
More than 85 percent of U.S. businesses have experienced a data violation, according to study recently carried out, putting millions of consumers’ social security number and other responsive information in the hands of criminals. If a website’s applications and server are not provided protection from security vulnerabilities then credit card information, identities and billions of dollars are at a high-risk. Unluckily, firewalls are unable to provide sufficient protection.
Firewalls, IPS and IDS are not enough
Attackers are properly acquainted with the valuable information available through web applications and their efforts to get it are often unknowingly assisted by many important factors.
Conscientious organizations cautiously protect their perimeters with intrusion detection systems and firewalls, but these firewalls are required to maintain ports 80 and 443 SSL open for conducting online business.
| These ports represent open doors to attackers, who have discovered numerous ways to break in the web applications.Network firewalls are intended for securing the internal network perimeter, leaving organizations exposed to various attacks of applications. |  |
Intrusion detection and prevention systems i.e. IDS/IPS do not give careful analysis of packet contents. Applications without an additional layer of protection increase the risk of extreme vulnerabilities and harmful attacks.
Extreme vulnerabilities
In past, security breaches took place at the network level of the corporate systems. Nowadays, hackers are directing web applications inside the corporate firewall. This entry allows them to access sensitive customer and corporate data.The standard measures of security for protecting network traffic do not provide protection against web application level attacks.
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Open web application security project i.e. OWASP, an organization that concentrates on improving the security of application software, has composed a list of the top 10 web application security vulnerabilities. |
1. Cross site scripting
2. Cross site request forgery i.e. CSRF
3. Injection flaws
4. Insecure direct object reference
5. Malevolent file execution
6. Broken session and authentication management
7. Information leakage and improper error handling
8. Insecure communications
9. Insecure cryptographic storage
10. Failure to restrict URL access
Thus, nowadays website security is extremely essential for securing the data from extreme vulnerabilities.
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