eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Application security tools and software solutions are designed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities and threats in software applications. Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 22, 2023

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) combines elements of pentesting, vulnerability scanning and code security to evaluate the security of web applications. By doing this, DAST helps determine how secure the web application is and pinpoint areas that need improvement. How Does DAST Work?

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 15, 2022

Healthcare entities and other organizations frequently skimp on application security, which is a critical area, and this often results in data breaches, security incidents and other mishaps, says former Blue Cross of Idaho CISO Sandy Dunn, who is now CIO and CISO of security firm BreachQuest.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 20, 2023

Embedding security into the highly dynamic way new software gets created and put into service — on the fly, by leveraging ephemeral APIs — has proven to be a daunting challenge. This has led to security vendors, StackHawk among them, putting great energy into weaving security more tightly into DevOps, CICD and more.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 23, 2019

The coming end-of-support for Windows Server 2008 leaves IT organizations with few viable options to receive security updates beyond the cut-off date of January 14, 2020. Upgrading will be no small feat as roughly 70% of enterprise Windows applications run on Windows Server 2008 or earlier versions*.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Joseph Feiman of WhiteHat Security on the Need for Cultural Change Application security is not improving because about 60 percent of vulnerabilities never get fixed, says Joseph Feiman of WhiteHat Security.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 27, 2020

Dave DeWalt, former CEO of FireEye and McAfee, has been appointed vice chair of the board of Onapsis, a vendor focused on securing business-critical applications. In this exclusive interview, DeWalt opens up on application vulnerabilities, the evolution of the nation-state threat and technologies to watch in 2020.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Users and malicious actors interact with your business through the application layer. Build trust in your software by securing this first line of defense.

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Outpost24

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The importance of web application security: keeping your web apps safe. Application security. Web application security is crucial for any organization that relies on web-based applications. Learn about the importance of web application security and best practices for keeping your organization safe.

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Dark Reading

MARCH 24, 2023

If you haven't done so already, it's time to take the first step toward solving this application security dilemma.

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The Security Ledger

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In this Expert Insight, Harshil Parikh, CEO of Tromzo, reveals findings from the company's recent State of Modern Application Security Report, a survey of 400 appsec professionals. The post State of Modern Application Security: 6 Key Takeaways For 2022 appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 20, 2021

One vendor says application security may be the key to stopping ransomware. Preventing Ransomware with Application Security. It often hides in legitimate applications or files that it has altered to look harmless. How Application Security Prevents Ransomware. How Ransomware Accesses a Network.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Emmanuel Benzaquen on Why API Abuse Is Such a Pervasive Web Application Data Breach Organizations have struggled to understand why APIs are so strategic even though they're an intrinsic way businesses interface with their software, according to Checkmarx CEO Emmanuel Benzaquen.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In the wake of SolarWinds and other third-party attacks, security teams worry that outsourced applications pose risks to the organization's application security, according to Dark Reading's recent "How Enterprises Are Developing Secure Applications" report.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The way to improve the security of the modern software development life cycle and reduce the number of application-based breaches is to re-center app security around the needs of developers.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 4, 2020

Maturing Toolsets and Markets Fuel 'Shift Left,' Says Patrick Carey of Synopsys Software development benefits from security checks being brought to bear early and often, but the blending of in-house and open source code has historically complicated that process, says Patrick Carey of Synopsys.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Thales & Prime Factors’ 30 Year Collaboration Continues to Deliver Simplicity, Flexibility, and Security for Payment Applications madhav Thu, 09/14/2023 - 10:25 Thales recently announced the launch of the payShield Cloud HSM service , making it easier and more flexible for payment HSMs to migrate to the cloud.

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Dark Reading

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Companies need to keep security priorities top of mind during economic downturns so all-important revenue generation doesn't come with a heaping side order of security problems.

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Threatpost

MAY 20, 2022

Daniel Kaar, global director application security engineering at Dynatrace, highlights the newfound respect for AppSec-enabled observability in the wake of Log4Shell.?.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Application security is a widespread problem. These security tools can help find and fix application vulnerabilities before hackers exploit them.

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Dark Reading

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A Dark Reading survey finds most IT and security managers would rather wait to deploy applications than risk security flaws.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 7, 2022

What is the best way to mitigate application security attacks? Learn how companies have mitigated the top threats.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Shoenfield -- Author, Passionate Security Architect, and Curious Questioner of Assumptions -- challenged whether application security can be fixed at FuzzCon 2021. Listed below are the top 3 takeaways from Shoenfield’s keynote presentation: Myth: SAST Is The Answer To Application Security.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 22, 2024

Acquisition Promises Enhanced Application Security and Reduced False Positives The integration of Oxeye into GitLab’s suite marks a significant leap in the accuracy and efficiency of security scans, directly addressing the challenge of false positives in static application security testing and enhancing software security across development stages, (..)

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MARCH 6, 2019

Jeff Williams of Contrast Security on Self-Protecting Software Secure code remains a problem for all software. Jeff Williams of Contrast Security explains a new approach - protecting code from within.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 25, 2022

Application Security Testing (AST) is a vital component of the software development process. It ensures that applications are built to specification and can be used reliably in production environments. Functional testing is primarily black box and as such is not concerned with the source code of the application.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 30, 2018

She's cataloged the top 10 application security attack techniques being used against Intuit, which differ markedly from the OWASP top 10.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 16, 2023

At ForAllSecure, our mission is to make security easy to use and easy to integrate with your existing development process. On that note, we’ve released our Mayhem GitHub Action , making it easier than ever to secure your applications using Mayhem in a GitHub CI/CD pipeline ( for free! ). If workflows pass: Great!

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Luckily, autonomous application security is here. New software and code stand at the core of everything we do, but how well is all of this new code tested?

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