WHY APPSEC (APPLICATION SECURITY) WON’T ALWAYS BAIL YOU OUT OF APPLICATION BASED RISKS?

It is very typical of organizations to perform Web Application (WebApp) Security Assessments before the go-live of newer applications or periodic assessments of their existing applications. And these assessments are known by all sorts of aliases like Application Penetration Testing (App PenTest), Ethical Application Hacking etc. For those companies lacking the internal core…

A generic definition of a crime would be an act that is in violation of the applicable laws. A crime / criminal offense may essentially hurt an individual or the community (city or a nation) at large. This concept has now been taken to the next level with rising popularity of cybercrimes. In recent years, there are several analyst reports on the increasing trends of cybercrimes. Of late; several interchangeable terms for cyber crimes such as, computer crime, cyber fraud, internet crime,…