After Hundreds of Penetration Tests, Here are Top 5 Lessons

Web applications are the most common vectors used by attackers to carry out breaches. Web applications were the point of entry for roughly 70% of all breaches studied, according to Verizon’s “Data Breach Investigations Report”. 

After performing over 300 Web application penetration tests, developers continue to make the same security mistakes that lead to vulnerabilities. They frequently do not use secure frameworks and instead attempt to write their own security code and authentication processes.

It’s worth noting how much pressure developers are under to get products to market as soon as possible. They are rewarded based on how many features they can introduce as quickly as possible, rather than how securely they can introduce them. This results in security shortcuts and, in the long run, vulnerabilities in Web applications.

Pen testers act as the devil’s advocate, reverse engineering what application developers create to demonstrate where and how attackers gain access. The findings have highlighted common fund

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