Application Security Glossary

How to Prevent Malicious Code

What is malicious code? Malicious code is created to intentionally harm computers, systems or other devices. Malicious code often takes the form of a legitimate action, often hidden in application code of a program that performs a legitimate task. This … Read More

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Hudson Static Code Analysis

Hudson is a Java based tool for continuous integration of software projects. It runs inside a servelet-based container such as GlassFish or Tomcat. It’s designed to deliver a development environment in which builds are quickly and easily compiled, and either

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Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)

Infrastructure as Code is the process of provisioning and configuring an environment through code instead of manually setting up the required devices and systems. Once code parameters are defined, developers run scripts, and the IaC platform builds the cloud infrastructure

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Insecure Cryptographic Storage

Storing encrypted files is critical for companies that offer sensitive information online. But improperly encrypted files can be an equally risky scenario as it leads to a false sense of security. The process of having improperly encrypted files in storage … Read More

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Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software application that combines all of the features and tools needed by a software developer. It’s graphical in nature, meaning that it uses windows and controls like buttons to display information and accept input from

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Internet Security

Why companies need internet security Online applications offer companies many benefits, but they also increase the risk of web attacks and vulnerability exploits. The internet by itself is a very insecure platform, but network security has improved drastically in recent … Read More

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