web-security-scan Archives

Why QA Pros Should Be More Involved in Web Security

Mon, 22 May 2017

This security post explains why QA team members can be a good fit to do web application security testing and vulnerability finding and why businesses should involve more QA team members in their web application security programs.

Don’t Waste Your Testing Team’s Talents – Automate the Repetitive

Mon, 22 May 2017

Many companies shy away from automated testing: it cannot replace manual testing, they reason, and so why invest so much in it? This view can be defended for user interface testing, but it falls short of the reality of web security testing, or better web vulnerability scanning. Read more and learn how an automated web vulnerability scanner can help you get the best out of your web testing and security teams

Complete beginner’s guide to web application security

Wed, 29 May 2019

Working in QA? Take your Web Application Security Testing to the Next Level

Mon, 22 May 2017

As a QA professional, you are in a perfect position to add much more value to the web application security testing and vulnerabilities detection processes. Read more and learn what you can do to improve your testing skills and start incorporating more complete web application security tests in your normal QA tests.

Is Your Web Vulnerability Scanner Uncovering All Vulnerabilities?

Mon, 22 May 2017

In just 3 years and 1 month Netsparker published 47 advisories to prove that Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner has one of the best web application vulnerability detection rate. Can your automated web vulnerability scanner identify all the vulnerabilities on your web applications and websites or not?

The Importance of Planning out Web Application Security Testing

Mon, 22 May 2017

This article explains how to plan a web application vulnerability detection program to ensure that all vulnerabilities in your business web applications are identified and closed. It also explains what are the basic building blocks for a successful web security assessment.

Why You Should Run Authenticated Web Security Scans

Mon, 22 May 2017

Do you scan all sections of your web applications, including the authenticated sections? In this blog post you will find a number of reasons why you and every other web security expert and penetration testers should run authenticated web application security scans.

Should you pay for a Web Application Security Scanner?

Wed, 13 Sep 2017

If you ask 10 web security specialists which is their favorite web vulnerability scanner, most probably you will get 30 different answers. Digging deeper you will also find that while some prefer to use free tools, several others prefer to rely on a commercial web vulnerability scanning solution. This web security blog post highlights the differences between free web security tools and commercial web application security scanners.

Web Application Security Testing should be part of QA Testing

Mon, 22 May 2017

Web vulnerability scanning should form part of the normal QA process when developing web applications to ensure that a business develops and releases secure web applications. Unless project managers start classifying security vulnerabilities and other web application security issues as normal functionality bugs, web developers will keep on developing vulnerable web applications.

Why Web Vulnerability Testing Needs to be Automated

Mon, 22 May 2017

There are several pitfalls in web application security and one of them is sticking to manual audits only. This blog posts highlights the benefits of automating the process of finding vulnerabilities and other security issues in modern web applications. It also looks into the common pitfalls encountered by web security specialists when trying to identify all web application vulnerabilities manually.

The Dangerous Complexity of Web Application Security

Mon, 22 May 2017

Modern web applications are becoming so complex that it is virtually impossible to check every possible attack vector and ensure it is not vulnerable without using an automated tool, such as Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner. The same applies for the modern trend of web application vulnerabilities, some of them can only be reproduced using automated means. Hence why the more complex a web application is, the bigger the need to use an automated web vulnerability scanner to identify vulnerabilities before malicious hackers do.

Businesses Need Automated Web Application Security Scanners to Detect Web Vulnerabilities

Mon, 22 May 2017

This web application security articles highlights the reasons why businesses should use automated web application security scanners such as Netsparker to identify all vulnerabilities in their web applications. Automated web application security scanners can identify vulnerabilities from the OWASP Top 10 and much more, which are typically exploited by malicious hackers.