As a CISO, securing web applications and ensuring their resilience against evolving cyber threats is a non-negotiable priority. Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report 2023 cites web applications as the top attack vector by a long shot (in both breaches and incidents). Here’s a simplified checklist for securing web applications that will help you improve your organization’s security posture and the integrity of your technology.
Assessing Web Application Risk and Threats
A powerful first step in securing web applications is discovery. You can’t secure what you don’t know about! Start with an inventory of your software or application portfolio to understand sources of risk and what you want to prioritize.
For some this may be simple. For others it will be an essential inventory of what makes up your software and development process. Here are some questions to consider in your assessment of your portfolio:
Another part of discovery is finding out what your open-source dependencies are. The assessment of the software supply chain is so critical for modern software development, it’s been added later as its own item. We will get into more detail below...Read More!
