Web application security is a stack : how to CYA (Cover Your Apps) completely / Lori Mac Vittie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vittie, Lori Mac, author.

Series:

Fundamentals Series

Fundamentals Series ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer networks--Security measures.

Computer networks.

Computer security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Cambridgeshire, England : IT Governance Publishing, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

<span>This book is intended for application developers, system administrators and operators, as well as networking professionals who need a comprehensive top-level view of web application security in order to better defend and protect both the 'web' and the 'application' against potential attacks. This book examines the most common, fundamental attack vectors and shows readers the defence techniques used to combat them.</span>

Contents:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; The modern threat ; CYA: Cover Your Apps ; CHAPTER 2: ATTACK SURFACE ; The web application security stack ; Application: Platform ; Transport protocols ; Secure transport protocols ; Web application protocols ; Application: Logic ; Application: Data ; CHAPTER 3: THREAT VECTORS ; Threat vector: Data ; Exfiltration ; Corruption ; Threat vector: Protocols ; Cross-site scripting (XSS) ; Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) ; HTTP request smuggling ; HTTP response splitting ; HTTP header vulnerabilities

Threat vector: Availability HTTP GET flood; Slowloris; Slow HTTP POST; CHAPTER 4: THREAT MITIGATION ; The three Cs of application security ; Client ; Context ; Content ; Inbound threat mitigation ; Filtering ; Behavioural analysis ; Signatures and anomalies ; Client-based assistance ; Outbound threat mitigation ; Data leak prevention ; Expectation analysis ; CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION; ITG RESOURCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 9, 2015).

ISBN:

9781849287050

1849287058

OCLC:

928751170