An outline of key test areas to identify security issues in a web application and provide measures to minimize them. By Nalneesh Gaur Web sites are moving away from static HTML to dynamic interactive web applications. It is the dynamic, interactive web application that is making the Internet the universal medium.
Web applications bring a new level of risk to web sites.
Security of these web applications is paramount to the security of the site. Awareness of security threats from the Internet is increasing the adoption of secure technologies. Deploying firewalls is a standard first step adopted by many organizations. Firewalls protect against many attacks on the network and system infrastructure. In addition, some firewalls provide filtering capability and contain inbound malicious Java and Active-X applications.