Improving the security of your application development lifecycle provides users with a better experience while preventing data breaches, and it starts with security testing. The last thing any company wants is to get that dreaded warning that someone’s ...
SAST (also called “white box testing”) is the basic form of security testing for application development. It involves examining the actual uncompiled application source code to see if and where security vulnerabilities exist. This form of security testing is ...
Application security is no longer an afterthought. Developers now prioritize security due to the exponential risk of cybercrime. Developers need to pay more attention to security as it is a crucial aspect of app development. Application security solutions lik...
With data protection and consumer privacy regulations rapidly expanding, and AI regulations gathering on the horizon, taking a comprehensive and strict approach to cybersecurity is no longer optional. To comply, organizations are adopting a DevSecOps approach...
Open source software is good for your business since it allows you the freedom to modify it, so it meets all your company requirements. Aside from excellent security, the software is also cost-effective since you don’t have to worry about overpaying to use re...
In the early model of software development, departments and stages were siloed, and tasks were completed independently. In this waterfall method, a clearly defined and well-structured process for software development was laid out before developers wrote the f...
Software tools for code analysis let developers create code that is less bug-ridden and more secure. They find problems that are hard for human readers to spot and produce unpredictable run-time errors. Along with dynamic tests such as unit testing, they’re a...
Understanding How External Entities Attack XML Files Extensible Markup Language (XML) files are plain-text files that describe data behavior as that data relates to a connected network or server application. If you open an XML file, you’ll see code describing...
The number and sophistication of cyberattacks are increasing year after year. Now it’s the time, more than ever, to start implementing security testing within your Software Development Life Cycle. Shifting left in the SDLC empowers software teams to detect op...
Not Just a Trend The efficiency of DevOps has proven the staying power of integrating development and deployment departments. It’s now more than just a trendy way of restructuring your workflow; it’s a precedent to which your clients are holding you. If you’r...
Number 3 on the OWASP Top 10 2017 list is Sensitive Data Exposure. The first question to ask is whether your organization even has sensitive data that needs protection against exposure. The quick answer is that, in today’s digital world, most organizations wi...
Security misconfigurations are “holes” or weaknesses within your computer applications that leave your system vulnerable to attack. These misconfigurations allow easy exploitation from threat agents from both inside and outside of your company. The good news ...
