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  • How to best security test your applications: Collaboration and outsourcing

    Security testing is an important factor in the application development process, and fortunately there are specialists who work to ensure that applications are as secure as possible. However, it can be difficult to know when it is necessary to outsour...  Answer

  • Application security: Protecting application availability, data confidentiality and integrity

    Network security and application security are both important in keeping your applications safe from hackers. In this tip, security engineer John Overbaugh focuses on application security, which is needed to protect the confidentiality, availability a...  Tip

  • Boost network security using firewalls, encryption and logging

    Which is more important, network or application security? Well, the answer, of course, is both. In this first part of a two-part series, security engineer John Overbaugh starts by describing the differences between network and application security, a...  Tip

  • Strategies for optimizing browser compatibility testing

    In this expert response, consultant Karen Johnson describes strategies she uses for browser compatibility testing. Experience and knowledge of common vulnerabilities and developers' preferences can be helpful in knowing which areas to attack first.  Answer

  • Embedded software test: Attack of the killer robots

    Embedded software can be found in all devices from planes to pacemakers, but how do we test this kind of software? What are the differences between testing embedded software and traditional application software? In this tip, site editor Yvette Franci...  Tip

  • Penetration testing and other security testing techniques

    It can be hard to keep pace with the various types of security testing required in today's complex and often dangerous Web environment. In this response, expert John Overbaugh explains some of the most common and necessary security testing techniques...  Answer

  • When and how to perform penetration testing

    Hackers are increasingly sophisticated in how they exploit weaknesses in network and Web application security. In this response, expert John Overbaugh explains the importance of penetration testing and how to ensure comprehensive security of your app...  Answer

  • Security requirements for any Web application

    When verifying security on your Web application, there are some general considerations that everyone should check off the list. Expert John Overbaugh offers insight into application security standards and steps your team can take while developing you...  Answer

  • Security testing early in the software development lifecycle

    While it seems that testing in the production environment is the most crucial, there are also several important aspects of application security testing that should take in the early phases of development. In this expert response, John Overbaugh descr...  Answer

  • How network security and application security are related

    Network security is ever-changing and fast-paced, and many software developers may wonder what is necessary for them to know about network security, application security and programming languages to best protect their applications from hackers. In th...  Answer

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