Top 50 Application Security Pros to Follow on Twitter

If you are like many in our online connected world, you get some of your news from Twitter, both personally and professionally.  For those that are security professionals, that have been looking to enhance your twitter feed with additional application … Continue reading Top 50 Application Security Pros to Follow on Twitter

Retailers Can’t Afford to Neglect Security

In recent blog posts from K2, we’ve highlighted the need for additional application security for healthcare and financial verticals with the increased attacks on those organizations.  In a recent article in Supply Chain Brain, security for another vert… Continue reading Retailers Can’t Afford to Neglect Security

Attacks on Healthcare Applications Increased in December 2020

A new report highlighted in Security Boulevard,  is showing a 51 percent increase in attacks on web applications hosted by healthcare providers during December 2020, the timing of which coincides with the initial distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Banks are Increasing Application Security

When talking about application security, financial institutions are typically at the top of the list that have the biggest concern around the security of their web applications.  So should be no surprise to see a recent article in Finextra, talking abo… Continue reading Banks are Increasing Application Security

Five Key Application Security Trends for 2021

If you’re looking for a direction to head with your application security efforts, TechBeacon recently ran an article on five key application security trends for 2021.  With the increasing focus on application security, maybe it’s time to take a look at… Continue reading Five Key Application Security Trends for 2021

Re-Thinking Application Security

Recent reports have shown applications are making it to production with more vulnerabilities than ever, and attacks on web applications have doubled in the most recent year.  It’s really time to change how we think about application security, how we pr… Continue reading Re-Thinking Application Security

Details on the New NIST Requirement for RASP and IAST

If you’re looking for more information on the latest update to the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technologies) Security and Privacy Framework outlined in SP800-53, there’s a new article just published in the Cutter Business Technology Journ… Continue reading Details on the New NIST Requirement for RASP and IAST

Satisfaction With WAFs at Only 40 Percent

A Ponemon study released in 2019 showed that satisfaction with WAFs (Web Application Firewalls) is at 40 percent, and effectiveness of WAFs rated at only 43 percent.
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What is Web Application Security and Why is it Important?

If you’re new to web application security and you’re looking for a primer to get yourself educated, there’s a recent article published by the EC Council that covers the basics of what web applications are, why web application security is important.
The… Continue reading What is Web Application Security and Why is it Important?

35% of External Attacks Occur Through a Web Application

Back in June of 2020 we wrote about Forrester’s new 2020 State of Application Security report.  Back then we focused on the finding that application vulnerabilities were the weakest link in application security.  In this post, we’ll talk about the find… Continue reading 35% of External Attacks Occur Through a Web Application