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 A recent study published by 7Safe, UK Security Breach Investigations Report, analyzed 62 cybercrime breach investigation and states that in “86% of all attacks, a weakness in a web interface was exploited” (vs 14% infrastructure) and the attackers were predominately external (80%). These results are largely consistent with the US-based Verizon Data Breach Incident Report (2008).. The reason that Web security problems persist is not a lack of knowledgeable people (though we could use more), perfected security tools (they could be much better), or effective software development processes (still maturing). A fundamental reason is that organizations spend their IT security dollars protecting themselves from yesterday’s attacks, at the network/ infrastructure layer, while overlooking today’s real threats.
- Software Security Architect & CTO at Arctec Group.
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There is no pre-existing infrastructure of independent software vendors pushing-out standard patches for commercial products, every website is unique custom code. And, even more unique to websites is that they are – by design – open and available to the public; and, therefore, to hackers. With 9 out of 10 websites possessing serious vulnerabilities, it’s best to know what issues exist before they can be exploited. Thus the need for regular Web Security Audit on your site. |
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Still, no matter how perfect any vulnerability assessment product or service, the challenge remains: Any identified custom web application issues must be resolved by the organization—a task inevitably falling to the software developers and not IT security. This is a problem that cannot be solved automatically with a vendor-supplied software patch or new network firewall rule. This is where web application firewalls play a powerful role.
F5 Networks can help you minimize risks that come with moving your business-critical applications to the web to serve customers and sustain a mobile workforce on a single, unified platform. |
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keep your web-enabled applications secure, fast and available |
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prevent business loss as a result of data breach |
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protect your business viability and achieve regulatory compliance without adding overhead or complexity to your network |
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secure your infrastructure with identity and access policies, easy and efficient device management, and protection from malicious traffic |
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