Here are some simple tricks that can be used by
businesses to safeguard their online platforms:
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Smart Scanning for Vulnerabilities: Online threats that haunt most businesses
include vandalizing of websites that may lead to blacklisting, loopholesand
vulnerabilities that gives the attackers the access to sensitive information,
malwares that can install themselves into systems and steal confidential
data. Organizations need to opt for solutions that can provide automated application scanning combined with manual
penetration testing to look for logic flaws in coding and app vulnerability.
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Protect
Your Mobile Apps: More and more consumers are now using mobile
applications for online transactions. These mobile apps come along with a
numerous security loopholes such as malwares, unsafe app capabilities, hidden
processes, and complex code vulnerabilities. These problems only get worse with
constant updates. Such issues can only be dealt with real-time mobile
application penetration testing for malware detection, log analysis, Layer 7
assessment and more.
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Look
beyond SSL : Even though secure
socket layers ensure safe and encrypted flow of information between a browser
and a server, it is not the be all and end all of securing the web
applications. A website may claim to be secure as they use 128 or 256 bit
encryption and may even boast of a seal from an external certificate authority.
But what the online retailers fail to understand is the fact that SSL cannot protect
against application layer attacks. Businesses need to deploy solutions that can
provide a multi-layer protection.
· Enhance Protection with Data Encryption : Data encryption is important in the sense that
it enhances the defense mechanism and protects the sensitive information.
Encryption also reduces the risk of the hackers being able to crack the
passwords.
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Limit
Access to Sensitive Information: It is important for
organizations today to limit the access to sensitive information to personnel
in the organization who really need to have the access to the same. Sharing
information throughout the organization with employees who really don't need to
use it increases the risk of the data being breached.
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Fortify
Web Applications 24 X
7 : The nature of web applications is intricate and
needs to be frequently changed and updated. Constant updating leaves
vulnerabilities and loopholes that hackers can very conveniently exploit to
gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. In such cases, Web Application Firewall is the only way to virtually
patch vulnerabilities like XSS and others. Smarter
business solutions LIKE zero WAF false positives and continuous monitoring with
adaptation for any changes to the application make the WAF an apt security
mechanism.
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