Web Security

Web security refers to the proactive and sometimes reactive protection measures and procedures that organizations and individuals take to protect themselves from cyberattacks and security threats that employ the worldwide web (www) channels. Besides, it involves protecting websites, web applications, and email systems from cyber threats through detective, preventative and responsive security measures. It is critical security component to ensure business continuity.

Web security it is crucial and highly helpful measure to safeguard data, users and business requirements from potential risks that may occur through the web or the Internet in general. As the worldwide web is one of the top threat vectors to stage cyberattacks, organizations and individuals should have stringent web security measures and priorities to prevent those cyberattacks. Furthermore, they should use secure and tested security controls, configurations and protocols.

Common web security threats include the following:

• Cross-site scripting (XSS)
• Broken Authentication
• Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
• Session hijacking
• Spam
• SQL Injection
• Phishing
• Ransomware
• Code Injection
• Viruses and worms
• Spyware
• Denial of Service
• Misconfiguration
• Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
• So much more

Most successful data breaches and cyberattacks such as Malwares, phishing, ransomware, spam, and related security threats happen through the web, DNS and email systems. Therefore, protecting data and people from these nefarious web security threats is paramount to the overall security posture and reputational issues of an organization. And it goes a long way in safeguarding businesses and thereby help them flourish and achieve their goals. Moreover, organizations should have skilled and trained security personnel to thwart web security threats. Additionally, they should have a hybrid of technical, administrative and operational security controls in place to tackle the multifaceted web security concerns.

The overall objective of web security is to protect websites and web applications from an unauthorized disclosure or hacking attacks, tampering and service interruption threats.

Web security measures may include one or more of the following security controls:

• Web application firewalls (WAF)
• Penetration testing
• URL and content filtering
• Security awareness training
• Antimalware
• Secure protocols (HTTPS, TLS, SSH, etc.)
• Web scanning tools
• Security information and event management (SIEM)
• IDS/IPS
• More