Security measures protect Web systems from both internal and external threats. E-commerce concerns and the growing popularity of Web-based applications have made security testing increasingly relevant. Security tests determine whether a company’s security policies have been properly implemented; they evaluate the functionality of existing systems, not whether the security policies that have been implemented are appropriate
Primary task in security testing over web applications
- Application software
- Database
- Servers
- Client workstations
- Networks
December 2, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Hey Rajeev, you could mention the Ethical Hacker professional in this topic, is the role inside a company (or third-part company) who is responsible for some injection or script or tries to break the system to test their security.
In other words, is the professional responsible to hack the web-application in way to fix these ports or backdoors.