Introduction to Application Security

Application security describes the security measures at the application level that secures the data or the code from being stolen. Most of this happens at the time of application development and design after the application is deployed; it also involves multiple systems and approaches to secure applications.

Application-level security may incorporate hardware, software and procedures that recognize or reduce the vulnerabilities. Now organizations are aware of Application security. Many tools are currently present to safeguard the application from coding threats, evaluates encryption options, manage access rights and application auditing permission. The quicker you can find the issues, that is while designing or development, the sooner you can fix the security issues and safer you are. It is natural to make mistakes but to identify the issues promptly is the biggest challenge.

**Various Types of Application Security Features Include **

• Authentication -Authentication ensures the user is who they say they are. They need to provide a password and username to login into an application
• Authorization – After the authentication, application authorizes them to use only selected features.
• Encryption -: After Authorization, applications have access to sensitive data or maybe generating sensitive data, that has to be protected so it cannot be seen or used by a cybercriminal.
• Logging – At the time of security breach in an application, logging can help identify who got access to the data and how
• Application Security Testing – A necessary process to ensure that all of these security controls work correctly.

What is Application Vulnerability?

An application vulnerability is a defect that could be misused to jeopardize the security of the application. These violations target the integrity, confidentiality, of resources occupied by an application, its users. This article will list all the points you should take care of securing your applications and we can’t stress enough on how important that is. Let us get started with Application Security Vulnerabilities Checklist.

Every organization scans its infrastructure, applications, and even culture for vulnerabilities, which can be found in areas such as configuration, code syntax, or frontline awareness and training.

**Taken From, **The risk-based approach to cybersecurity – Mckinsey

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