Web Application Security Solutions

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Why is Web Application Security Important?

Web application security is important because of just how much cybercrime occurs in the digital landscape. The Internet is a truly global space where web applications, websites, and API’s continuously come into contact with potentially harmful individuals and software. Take for example the fact that in 2021, 37% of all businesses and organizations were hit by ransomware, a kind of malware that can completely lock someone out of their computer. Ransomware and other harmful software can impact a business in a negative manner and put information at risk.

As a business, it is imperative for you to protect your sensitive data – from company data to user data. Web application security is important because it helps to protect this data from malicious attacks. Loss of data because of a cyberattack can result in fines and a loss in reputation and trust from your customers.

Here at Split Reef, we offer a full range of web application security solutions to help you protect your web application and the important data it houses. Our team of skilled experts are here to help address any vulnerabilities in your application by optimizing security and updating security measures as needed.

Common Web Application Security Risks We Address

We are here to keep your web application and your online business safe. Security vulnerabilities can make it easy for attackers to gain access to important information within your web application. It is critical to address any vulnerabilities or weaknesses in a web app that can leave your data at risk. But our team is here to address those vulnerabilities and ensure your web application’s security and functionality.

Session Management

Session management weaknesses happen when an application’s system is not managing user sessions correctly. These types of weaknesses can occur for a few reasons including session hijacking and session fixation. Session management security is a key part of web application security solutions. By ensuring that session management is secure, things like confidentiality and sensitive data remain intact for users. To help prevent session management issues, we implement secure session management tools and elements into our web applications.

Security Misconfiguration

A security misconfiguration happens when a system or web application’s configuration settings are either missing or have been implemented incorrectly. This opens up a system or application to potential unauthorized access from anyone. Security misconfigurations can occur for a number of reasons, including weak encryption, misconfigured logging, errors on the part of a person, and even just using default, out-of-the-box settings. Attackers can take advantage of security misconfigurations, causing both financial and reputational damage to your business or organization. We work to address these misconfigurations by following best practices and regularly updating security configurations.

Broken Authentication

For any user who is logging into your web application, they will go through an authentication process that verifies their identity – most often through a username and password. Authentication can become broken through weak cryptography, which works to encrypt sign-in information for users. Weak encryption can open up authentication information to easy password cracking. Attackers can gain access to a user’s information or session and quickly access their data. Our team prevents broken authentication by using password encryption and multi-factor authentication tools.

How We Can Help Secure Your Web Application

By leveraging Split Reef's web application security solutions, you can significantly enhance the security of your web application and protect it against potential threats and attacks. Split Reef can help secure your web application through their web application security solutions in several ways:

Vulnerability Assessment

Split Reef conducts a thorough assessment of your web application to identify potential vulnerabilities. This includes reviewing the code, configuration, and architecture of your application.

Penetration Testing

As part of their security solutions, Split Reef performs penetration testing to simulate real-world attacks on your web application. This helps uncover any weaknesses that could be exploited by hackers.

Security Auditing

Split Reef conducts regular security audits to ensure that your web application is compliant with industry standards and follows best practices. This helps identify any security gaps and provides recommendations for improvement.

Security Patching

Split Reef ensures that your web application is up to date with the latest security patches and updates. This helps protect against known vulnerabilities and reduces the risk of hacking.

Secure Development Practices

Split Reef promotes secure development practices by implementing security measures during the entire development lifecycle. This includes secure coding practices, secure configuration, and data encryption.

Incident Response and Monitoring

Split Reef provides continuous monitoring and incident response services to quickly identify and respond to any security threats or breaches. This helps minimize the impact of any security incidents on your web application.

FAQ

What kind of web application security tests are there?

When it comes to providing web application security solutions, there are a number of different key tests that can be performed to help ensure the security of your web application. These tests include:

Penetration Test: This test is a manual application security test. It is essentially a testing method that allows us to simulate different attacks on a system in the same way that a hacker or malignant third party might. The test is done with the intent to determine whether or not a system is secure and it can performed both externally and internally.
Dynamic Application Security Test (DAST): This is the process of closely analyzing a web application by using automated tools. Through DAST, we get a close look at an application from the outside. DAST tools work to check for various security issues while a web application is up and running.
Static Application Security Test (SAST): This method of testing provides both manual and automated testing options. SAST analyzes the source code of a web application to search for any kind of security openings or weaknesses that may leave the application open to attack. This type of testing occurs early on in the development process and helps to identify security risks during the initial stages of app development.

The above web application security tests, among others, are all critical to the web application development process. They help provide our team of web app developers with important information about potential security risks from the beginning stages of development to the end of the process.

What other types of services do you offer?

Here at Split Reef, we are a leading name in the digital development and digital marketing space. We pride ourselves on being able to offer our customers and clients a full suite of services for all of their needs – from website development to innovative web application security services. Other types of services that we offer include:

What features do you usually review during a web application security test?

The web application development process as a whole involves a lot of different steps, from the initial planning stage to the final launch of your web app. During the entire process, there is a lot of testing that needs to be done to ensure that the security of a web application is functioning as it should be. As discussed above, there are a number of different important security tests that we perform during our web application security services.

Some of the features that we review during these tests include:

Input validation
Application configuration
Authentication management
Session management
Error handling
Secure communication
Client and business-side logic

The above features are all important to the general functionality and security of a web application.

Does your team offer ongoing support and maintenance?

Web applications, much like other areas of the digital world, are constantly evolving. There is really no way to just launch an application now and leave it to sit on its own. There are always no innovations being made that can be implemented into a web application to help improve functionality. But that is not all. Security measures for web apps are also always evolving and maintaining the security of a web application is not a one-and-done thing. Here at Split Reef, we understand just how important ongoing support, maintenance, and regular updates are for our customer’s applications. We offer continued support and maintenance well after your application has launched to ensure that your app remains secure and functioning correctly.