 Hackers are concentrating their efforts on web-based applications - 75% of cyber attacks are done at the web application level, a Gartner Group study has revealed. The reasons for this are clear: Web applications control valuable data and are much more difficult to secure. Firewalls and SSL provide no protection against web application hacking, simply because access to the website has to be made publicly available! Web applications are posted on the Internet and can be attacked 24/7 and often have direct access to backend data such as customer databases. Besides, web applications are often tailor-made and therefore tested less than off-the-shelf software, and are consequently more susceptible to attack.
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