Saturday, July 16, 2011

Seminar on web application security

A web application security scanner is program which communicates with a web application through the web front-end in order to identify potential security vulnerabilities in the web application and architectural weaknesses. It performs a black-box test. Unlike source code scanners, web application scanners don't have access to the source code and therefore detect vulnerabilities by actually performing attacks.

                                                                                                                    

A web application security scanner can facilitate the automated review of a web application with the expressed purpose of discovering security vulnerabilities, and are required to comply with various regulatory requirements. Web application scanners can look for a wide variety of vulnerabilities, including:

  • Input/Output validation: (Cross-site scripting, SQL Injection, etc.)
  • Specific application problems
  • Server configuration mistakes/errors/version

Power point presentation on web application security

Web application security
Web Application Security 1
Web Application Security - Black Hat
Introduction to Web Application Security and App
E-security solutions: Web Applications Security and challenges
Web Application Security 2
Building a Robust Web Application Security Plan
Web Application Security Whitepaper

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