Applied Network Security

Defenses against web application attacks

Web application attacks are one of the biggest problems that cyber security professionals must deal with. Many web designers do not even think about security when designing a website. The same could also be said for those who construct databases like MySQL. The responsibility for finding and fixing web application vulnerabilities falls on the cyber security professional. Let's talk about some defenses that can be deployed against web application attacks. The first defense is against XSS attacks. The first thing you want to do is to limit code interacting with the same origin server. Next you want to make sure that strong input sanitization is in place. The next defense tips are for protection against ...