ITworld.com – Listen to the column “Web Application Security Audits”, or visit our Podcast Center to hear more by James Gaskin. There are four Web vulnerability tool companies, and one, Acunetix (.com ...

Security is about alleviating risks. Proper security audits help organizations spot weak points in their systems, processes and controls that hackers could potentially exploit or that insider threats ...

The Google security team has released a free, open-source Web app security assessment tool capable of flagging vulnerabilities and potential security threats in Internet-facing applications. The tool, ...

Achieving Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance is not impossible, but there are a few key elements beyond ethical leadership that are necessary to achieve and maintain it. Public corporations must ...

Web applications often handle vast amounts of data, from personal user details to sensitive corporate information. As these applications grow in complexity and importance, they also become primary ...

Andrei Neacsu is a cofounder and managing partner at HyperSense. The role of web applications in today's businesses amplifies the repercussions of weak security—leading to potential revenue loss, ...

Given the devastating consequences of a vulnerability breach – including loss of trust, brand damage and financial sanctions – it is perhaps no surprise how much software security is talked about and ...