What security measures are considered when designing a web-application (besides the SSL encryption)? And what technologies are used to protect the application from brute-force, phishing, and pharming attacks."
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June 24, 2008 7:30 AM
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June 25, 2008 1:57 PM
The $64,000 question that very few have yet to figure out!!
Here are some articles I’ve written for TechTarget that should help you get started:
The Essentials of Web Application Threat Modeling
Writing software requirements that address security issues
The Fallacy of SSL
Web application vulnerabilities you don’t want to overlook
Web application security testing checklist
I’ve got quite a few more relevant article links on my site as well at the following pages:
http://principlelogic.com/applications.html
http://principlelogic.com/databases.html