5 Lessons Learned From Hundreds Of Penetration Tests
DARKReading, March 13th, 2023
Developers must balance creativity with security frameworks to keep applications safe. Correlating business logic with security logic will pay in safety dividends.
Web applications are the top vectors attackers use to pull off breaches. According to Verizon's "Data Breach Investigations Report" (PDF), Web applications were the way in for roughly 70% of all breaches studied.
After conducting more than 300 Web application penetration tests, I see why. Developers keep making the same security missteps that create vulnerabilities. They often don't use secure frameworks and try to write security code and authentication processes themselves.