Application security
Application security
Technology evolves so quickly that it requires you to constantly revisit your security to stay ahead of new vulnerabilities.
January 26, 2022
Ted Harrington
Application security
Companies often think of attackers as something that comes from the outside, yet overlook the far more dangerous threat: attackers from within.
January 19, 2022
Ted Harrington
Application security
In order to defend, it’s important to understand who the attacker is and what motivates them.
January 12, 2022
Ted Harrington
Application security
Explore the assumptions you’ve made about your application, and try to get the system to respond in ways it isn’t supposed to.
January 05, 2022
Ted Harrington
Application security
For many companies, getting started on securing their application is riddled with logistical and practical challenges.
December 29, 2021
Ted Harrington
Application security
When you postpone security until later in the software development process, that delay costs you enormously in obvious and unexpected ways.
December 22, 2021
Ted Harrington
Application security
Your company can’t have adequate security without skilled individuals making it happen, so what can you do to build the right security team?
December 15, 2021
Ted Harrington
Application security
Security isn’t cheap because it’s not easy. It requires a unique skill set, and it takes effort. But how much should you be investing in cybersecurity?
December 08, 2021
Ted Harrington
Application security
What is a watering hole attack, how do they work and what can you do to defend against them? Find out in this walkthrough from Infosec's Keatron Evans.
September 21, 2021
Jeff Peters
Application security
What are cross-site scripting attacks and how do they work? Find out in this walkthrough from Infosec Skills author John Wagnon.
September 12, 2021
Jeff PetersLearn how to secure systems with 11 courses from Infosec Skills instructor and #1 best-selling author Ted Harrington.
- Hack your system
- Establish your threat model
- Spend wisely
- And more
In this series
- DevSecOps: Moving from “shift left” to “born left”
- What’s new in the OWASP Top 10 for 2023?
- DevSecOps: Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery (CI-CD) tools
- Introduction to DevSecOps and its evolution and statistics
- MongoDB (part 3): How to secure data
- MongoDB (part 2): How to manage data using CRUD operations
- MongoDB (part 1): How to design a schemaless, NoSQL database
- Understanding the DevSecOps Pipeline
- API Security: How to take a layered approach to protect your data
- How to find the perfect security partner for your company
- Security gives your company a competitive advantage
- 3 major flaws of the black-box approach to security testing
- Can bug bounty programs replace dedicated security testing?
- The 7 steps of ethical hacking
- Laravel authorization best practices and tips
- Learn how to do application security right in your organization
- How to use authorization in Laravel: Gates, policies, roles and permissions
- Is your company testing security often enough?
- Authentication vs. authorization: Which one should you use, and when?
- Why your company should prioritize security vulnerabilities by severity
- There’s no such thing as “done” with application security
- Understanding hackers: The insider threat
- Understanding hackers: The 5 primary types of external attackers
- Want to improve the security of your application? Think like a hacker
- 5 problems with securing applications
- Why you should build security into your system, rather than bolt it on
- Why a skills shortage is one of the biggest security challenges for companies
- How should your company think about investing in security?
- How to carry out a watering hole attack: Examples and video walkthrough
- How cross-site scripting attacks work: Examples and video walkthrough
- How SQL injection attacks work: Examples and video walkthrough
- Securing the Kubernetes cluster
- How to run a software composition analysis tool
- How to run a SAST (static application security test): tips & tools
- How to run an interactive application security test (IAST): Tips & tools
- How to run a dynamic application security test (DAST): Tips & tools
- Introduction to Kubernetes security
- Key findings from ESG’s Modern Application Development Security report
- Microsoft’s Project OneFuzz Framework with Azure: Overview and concerns
- Software maturity models for AppSec initiatives
- Best free and open source SQL injection tools [updated 2021]
- Pysa 101: Overview of Facebook’s open-source Python code analysis tool
- Improving web application security with purple teams
- Open-source application security flaws: What you should know and how to spot them
- Android app security: Over 12,000 popular Android apps contain undocumented backdoors
- 13 common web app vulnerabilities not included in the OWASP Top 10
- Fuzzing, security testing and tips for a career in AppSec
- 14 best open-source web application vulnerability scanners [updated for 2020]
- 6 ways to address the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
- Ways to protect your mobile applications against hacking
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