Developer's Guide to Web Application Security

Summary

Throughout this chapter, we covered how examining the internal parts can provide

an all-around security plan. Although this book focuses on the importance of secu-

rity from an application development standpoint, this chapter in particular discusses

the need to have security from beginning to end, from the network level down to

the desktop level. By thinking about security from every possible angle, you are less

likely to suffer at the hands of a hacker. It’s not enough to just think about security

from one position; it needs to be a part of everything you do. If you think of secu-

rity in these terms, it may be more beneficial and easy to understand. ...