Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?

Web applications are among technologies that support the efficiency of our daily activities. Despite the convenience and productivity they can offer, the applications' security loopholes may cause us a hefty amount of unpleasant suffering. Hence, web application developers and users need to un...

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Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Normaziah, Zainuddin, Nor Harisah
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2011
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spelling iium-204412012-07-11T12:12:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/20441/ Web application - What makes it secure or insecure? Abdul Aziz, Normaziah Zainuddin, Nor Harisah QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Web applications are among technologies that support the efficiency of our daily activities. Despite the convenience and productivity they can offer, the applications' security loopholes may cause us a hefty amount of unpleasant suffering. Hence, web application developers and users need to understand what causes the applications to be secure and insecure. This chapter discusses some of the characteristics of secure and insecure web applications. Having known these features will make the software development team (designer,developer and tester) incorporates the important preventive measurements. As for customers and users, they can benefit the knowledge by knowing what needs to be in placed to ensure their applications are not vulnerable. IIUM Press 2011 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/20441/1/Web_Application_What_Makes_it_Secure_or_Insecure.pdf Abdul Aziz, Normaziah and Zainuddin, Nor Harisah (2011) Web application - What makes it secure or insecure? In: The Web : Its Utilisation, Evaluation and Security. IIUM Press, Kuala Lumpur, pp. 263-271. ISBN 978-967-418-112-3 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/default.aspx
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Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
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Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?
description Web applications are among technologies that support the efficiency of our daily activities. Despite the convenience and productivity they can offer, the applications' security loopholes may cause us a hefty amount of unpleasant suffering. Hence, web application developers and users need to understand what causes the applications to be secure and insecure. This chapter discusses some of the characteristics of secure and insecure web applications. Having known these features will make the software development team (designer,developer and tester) incorporates the important preventive measurements. As for customers and users, they can benefit the knowledge by knowing what needs to be in placed to ensure their applications are not vulnerable.
format Book Chapter
author Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
Zainuddin, Nor Harisah
author_facet Abdul Aziz, Normaziah
Zainuddin, Nor Harisah
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title Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?
title_short Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?
title_full Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?
title_fullStr Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?
title_full_unstemmed Web application - What makes it secure or insecure?
title_sort web application - what makes it secure or insecure?
publisher IIUM Press
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/20441/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/20441/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/20441/1/Web_Application_What_Makes_it_Secure_or_Insecure.pdf
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