Ever wondered what would happen if you launched your web applications without load testing them? You may run into glitches and lose a huge chunk of your customer base due to poor app performance. For ...

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Organizations have made strides in recent years to lock down networks' perimeters. But even agencies with the tightest network defenses may find another technology layer open to attack: applications.

A DAST tool is an application security (AppSec) solution that in essence uses similar techniques that a cybercriminal would use to find potential weaknesses in web applications, while they are in use.

Specialized application penetration testing tools and services can help keep websites from serving as a front door for hackers and malware Traditionally—if such a word can apply to the rapidly ...

We’re now living in a time where users expect as much functionality, reliability and flexibility from Web apps as desktop programs. All our data is slowly but surely moving into the cloud, and ...

The drumbeat for more secure application development picked up pace on Tuesday, with news that software giant HP had acquired privately funded Fortify Software, a maker of static code analysis tools, ...

In a typical enterprise application, many areas require testing. Starting from the simplest components, classes, the developers or specialized test developers need to program unit tests to ensure that ...

Almost every week the media picks up on another case of sensitive data being retrieved from Web sites with bad security. Web application security never has been more important, yet many Web sites ...