How to start web application security assessment
Web application security forms the backbone of many business as it represents the web form of business review and conduct day to day business. In today's scenario, many web forms and business sites, perform major transactions on websites and moving to mobile applications. While security standards should be followed during coding phases, still there are major challenges when the application goes live. The reason for vulnerable application can vary depending on business needs as business wants the production to go at a rapid pace and still working on budgets to propose the security requirements, old/legacy codes with reusable components are used to rush the code to production. We will list down certain points which can be helpful to understand while starting web application security assessment. 1. Understand the business applications Before starting any assessment, it is very important to understand the business needs of the application.