What are the strategies to secure Web applications?
Traditionally, when we talk about IT security, we tend to think of network security or operating system security. However, with the trend toward using web-based applications for … well, basically everything, more attention is being placed on "cybersecurity," a term we've come to know since the very early 1990s and the advent of the web.
Today, web applications are a critical aspect of business and everyday life. By using web applications, both businesses and individuals can simplify and get more things done with fewer resources, achieving objectives much faster than they could before.
- They no longer need a warehouse full of meticulously organized paperwork.
- There is little or no need to rely on actual physical mail now for communication.
- Most marketing efforts are now highly web-focused.
- Even customer service is now pointing you to websites instead of 1-800 phone numbers.
Web applications can help target a proliferating amount of clientele and customers in ways that were never available to before. Web apps can interact with your customers to communicate, offer product support, and keep their business.
Because we are using web applications for so many things and passing so much sensitive information around via so many different types of online channels, we should next be obliged to also take a hard stance at protecting and securing that information.
To date, no web technology has proven itself invulnerable beyond all doubt. New threats pop up every single day that require at least some change or improvement in implementing countermeasures and general web-focused security. To improve the overall quality of web applications, developers should abide by these rules.
Click here for 11 tips developers should remember to protect and secure information:
