Web Application Security Testing

Critical business applications that contain sensitive data about business processes and customers are at risk from hackers and malicious viruses. Cost effective security measures need to be taken which may entail moving away from proprietary client/server applications to web applications that are not only cost effective but provide a highly extensive delivery platform. The impact of an attack on websites can cause costly and embarrassing disruptions in a company’s services. Without proper web security testing measures, businesses like eBay can be severely affected for indefinite periods causing a great loss of business and the trust of millions of users. Besides, the risk of stolen data is always imminent.

Web security testing measures need to protect web applications with a minimal or no impact on operations or changes in system architectures. Without testing many online application vulnerabilities may be overlooked. Every web application relies on a variety of software components which includes the operating system, web server, databases and more. These vulnerabilities are considered in web application security testing.

Vulnerabilities will be found regularly, requiring the need for patches to manage application security. Patch management is a complex issue that requires a proactive IT team to handle the deployment of urgent patches which could disrupt normal operations. No matter how efficient a patching process is, there is no guarantee of protection from attacks. Hackers use a number of techniques such as SQL injection, cross site scripting, buffer overflow, and denial of service. A large number of attacks make use of vulnerabilities rather than configuration issues. For the most part, hackers find ways to exploit vulnerabilities faster than they could be patched, which can only be solved through a remote online web application security-testing service.

A web security testing service will ensure that a company is fully compliant with rules and regulations, and is able to respond quickly to any attacks. Such as service is able to locate vulnerabilities from a hacker’s view point and address the needs accordingly. A web application security scan will reveal vulnerability to SQL injection, installation path disclosure, command execution,.Net exception, PHP code injection, script language error, URL redirection, remote, file inclusion, cookie manipulation, and more. It will also test vulnerabilities for website components such as web servers, web server technologies, HTTP methods, backup files, directory indexing, directory permissions, third party applications, and more.