Web Application Security

Reduces the potential points of attack that can be exploited.

To control who can access specific resources and what they can do with them.

Authentication verifies who you are; authorization determines what you can access.

To increase the certainty of a user's claimed identity.

An attacker could impersonate any user, gaining unauthorized access.

Authentication verifies the user's identity, and authorization grants appropriate access.

Every time a request is made to access a protected resource.

Lock accounts after a certain number of failed attempts

Flooding customer support with requests to unlock accounts.

CAPTCHA can prevent automated brute-force attacks.

Credentials in code can be easily found and abused by attackers.

Using a dedicated system to manage and protect sensitive credentials.

To limit the window of opportunity if a password becomes compromised.

To ensure that the session is not being hijacked by an attacker.

To prevent unauthorized access to the system by former employees or compromised accounts.

Password reuse increases exposure if one password gets stolen.

To establish the user's identity before granting access.

To prevent unauthorized individuals from gaining access to passwords.