Web Application Security

Jason Kent, Vice President, Web Application Security Product Management at Qualys, participates in Risk Roundup to discuss Web Application Security.

Web Application Security

As the World Wide Web (WWW) has brought a quiet revolution that is impacting individuals and entities across nations: its government, industries, organizations, and academia (NGIOA) in cyberspace, geospace, and space (CGS), evaluating web application security becomes fundamental.

When any revolution comes with a potential of fundamental transformation, managing its security risks, both tactical as well as strategic, becomes a critical necessity. With the transformative potential World, Wide Web brings to individuals and entities across NGIOA in the way they communicate, it is becoming increasingly clear that it has brought them, not only much-needed connectivity across CGS but also an explosion in information sharing capabilities through social networking, between individuals and entities across NGIOA.

As individuals and entities across NGIOA take a step forward in how they communicate, interact, socialize, manage, govern, conduct business and deliver digital products and services, there is a need for caution. This is largely due to the fact that the world wide web, web infrastructure, websites, and web applications have been, or are becoming more vulnerable to security challenges.

Due to this, evaluating the security risks of web applications is now a growing necessity across NGIOA. Along with the security of the web applications themselves, there is also a need for more focus on the security of the underlying computer network, operating systems, host servers, and databases.

Web application security vulnerabilities could compromise not only the financial situation, and viability of their current initiatives, but also the security, survival, and sustainability of any individual or entity across NGIOA. With millions of cyber-attacks happening annually, cyber-crime is already a real threat to anyone using computers, smartphones, tablets, the Internet of things, and other gadgets and machines on the web. Time is now to talk about web application security.

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About the Guest

Jason Kent is Vice President, Web Application Security Product Management at Qualys. Prior to that, he held technical security positions at Veracode, BlueCoat, Aruba, and Verizon.

Through more than a decade of dedicated AppSec experience, he has established expertise in AppSec PenTesting, AppSec program architecture, and AppSec tools. His efforts helping Fortune 500 companies to maintain continuous security and compliance spans Application Security, Infrastructure Security, Wireless, and Physical Security.

Jason has spoken at conferences such as ISC2 Security Congress, Northeastern OWASP events, and Qualys at RSA and Black Hat. A US Navy Submarine Force Veteran, Jason is also passionate about putting security people together with their stakeholders.

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