Application Security

Introduction

What Is Application Security?

Application security (or AppSec) includes all application-level tasks introducing a secure software development life cycle (SDLC) to development teams. The goal is to prevent data or code within the app from being stolen or hijacked and improve security practices and, through that, find, fix and preferably prevent security issues within applications.

Types of Application Security and Testing Methods

Application security and its testing methods can be broken down into:

Authentication
  • Including application protocols to ensure that only authorized users have access
  • Verifying user identities via application login verification (username and password) and leveraging multi-factor authentication
Authorization
  • Giving a user access and allowing them to use the application only after being authenticated
  • Comparing the user’s identification to a list of authorized users so that the system can verify application access user permissions (to match validated user credentials to an approved user list, authentication before authorization)
Encryption
  • Encrypting sensitive data that flows between end-users and the cloud in cloud-based applications
Logging
  • Determining who got data access and how, post-application breach
Application Security Testing and Tools
  • Design review, white-box or code review, black-box security audits, automated tooling, coordinated vulnerability platforms, DAST, SAST, IAST and RASP are all tools and technologies that help ensure security controls are functioning effectively.

AppSec Solutions

Depending upon your specific requirements, we can provide both your security and development teams with application testing, guidance on best practices and remediation assistance. All services are delivered using a highly collaborative and consultative approach from inception to completion.

AppSec Services include:

  • Secure SDLC
  • Application Architecture/Design Review
  • Threat Modeling
  • DevOps Security
  • Tool Implementation (SAST/DAST/SCA)
  • Tool Tuning/Health Checks
  • Tool Integration/Automation
  • Software Assurance as-a-Service
  • Web App Smoke Testing
  • Source Code Review
  • IoT Assessment
  • Database Security Review
  • Web Application Assessment
  • Mobile Application Assessment
  • Thick Client Assessment
  • API Assessment
  • Cloud App Testing