What is Web Security?

Web security AKA Cybersecurity is basically a means to keep your website or web application from cyber threats. It does so by detecting, preventing, and responding to threats through a set of protective measures and protocols. Web security is essential for business as it is used to protect sensitive data from being compromised.

Details 

A lot of factors come into play when it comes to web security. The checkpoints and protocols are the major factors that ensure the security of the site. The checkpoints are where web requests are filtered through using a set of protocols implemented and highlighted by the OWASP. OWASP provides standards for web developers to use in keeping cybercriminals from hacking websites and services.

Various threats

The security of a website or web application is dependant on the protection tools that are equipped on it. There are multiple threats that pose a great danger to security. This major threat includes:

• SQL injection
• Boolean SQL Injection
• Blind SQL Injection
• Remote File Inclusion (RFI)
• Cross-site scripting
• Data breach
• Remote file inclusion
• Code injection

The various open-source security testing tools

In the eyes of a cybercriminal, any organization could be eyed on as long as the criminal sees an opportunity for financial gain. A moment of vulnerability or flaw in the web security system will cause a major loss for an organization which might cause its downfall.

Various security incidents have happened in the past as such it is crucial to have tight web security. They generally come with a security scanner that identifies security flaws of websites, web applications, and web services. As such through web security tools ensure your site is safe as they are able to detect flaws and vulnerabilities and safeguarding ability of the website against cyber threats. 

Below is a list of the better open-source tools out there:

Netsparker

Provides highly accurate proof-based scanning. It provides verified flaws in the system with an addition of details of the flaws which can be viewed as proof the flaw existed. For example, using various ways of attack equipped in Netsparker, once executed and the security of the site is breached it will show the details of what has been read on the database and display the relevant details such as proof of concept, proof of exploit, vulnerabilities, severities, and issues. This is done without affecting the database. In addition, scan policies, schedule scans, and integrations can be configured. 

Vega Vulnerability Scanner

• Vega automated scanner is powered by a website crawler. It can be used to monitor the interactions between the clients and the server. 
• Configuration can be done to attack the modules on a wide coverage while the user is browsing the targetted site. This allows a pseudo automated, manual security testing 
• It includes a simple designed user interface
• runs in Linux, OS X, and Windows in Java 
• Detection modules are written through javascript

ImmuniWeb

• Enables AI during security testing. Providing a much faster task and process 90% faster than the traditional human service.  
• Have a fast and reliable virtual patching system.
• Able to run scheduled monitoring.

Reference

• What is Web Security? (2021). Retrieved from https://www.goodfirms.co/glossary/web-security/
• What is Netsparker? (2021). Retrieved from https://www.netsparker.com/support/what-is-netsparker/
• Vega automated scanner. (2021). Retrieved from https://subgraph.com/vega/