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  • Balancing the cost and benefits of countermeasures

    The final tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats," excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book "The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage published by ...  Book Chapter

  • Network-based attacks

    The second tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats," excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage published by ...  Book Chapter

  • Attacks targeted to specific applications

    This is the fourth tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats," excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book "The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage," pu...  Book Chapter

  • Attacking Web authorization: Web authorization-Session token security

    This excerpt from Chapter 5: Attacking Web Authorization of "Hacking Exposed Web Applications, Second Edition," by Joel Scambray, Mike Schema and Caleb Sima provides authorization and session management technique best practices  Book Chapter

  • Web Browser Security Learning Guide

    Created in partnership with SearchWindowsSecurity.com, this learning guide identifies the inherent flaws of Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, introduces viable Web browser alternatives, and provides tools and tactics to maximize your Web browsin...  Learning Guide

  • Quiz: Could you detect an application attack?

    Take this five-question quiz to test your application security awareness, review common application attacks and learn how to improve application layer logging to detect and protect against these attacks.  Security Quiz

  • Information Security Quizzes

    Test your knowledge of everything security, from network security to regulatory compliance, with our collection of quizzes.  Security Quiz

  • Web Application Attacks Learning Guide

    This Web application attacks guide explains how Web application attacks occur, identifies Web application attack types, and provides Web application security tools and tactics to protect against them.  Learning Guide

  • XML Security Learning Guide

    Securing XML is an essential element in keeping Web services secure. This SearchSecurity.com Learning Guide is a compilation of resources that review different types of XML security standards and approaches for keeping your XML Web services secure.  Learning Guide

  • State-based attacks: Session management

    In this excerpt from Chapter 4 of "How to Break Web Software: Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services," authors Mike Andrews and James A. Whittaker identify session management techniques Web developers should use to prote...  Book Chapter

  • See More: Essential Knowledge on Web Application Security

  • Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA)

    The Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) is a policing agency dedicated to the identification of criminal activity related to drug trafficking, money laundering, identity theft and immigration. SOCA is based in the United Kingdom. (Continued...)  Word

  • Basel II

    Basel II is an international business standard that requires financial institutions to have enough cash reserves to cover risks incurred by operations. (Continued...)  Word

  • barnacle

    In a computer, a barnacle is unwanted programming, such as adware or spyware, that is downloaded and installed along with a user-requested program.  Word

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