Web Application Security Statistics. Download pdf version Download Security Statistics 2007 The Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) is pleased to announce the WASC Web Application Security Statistics Project 2008. This initiative is a collaborative industry wide effort to pool together sanitized website vulnerability data and to gain a better understanding about the web application vulnerability landscape. We ascertain which classes of attacks are the most prevalent regardless of the methodology used to identify them. Goals Identify the prevalence and probability of different vulnerability classes.Compare testing methodologies against what types of vulnerabilities they are likely to identify. If you represent an organization that performs vulnerability assessments on websites, particular in those in custom web applications, through a manual or automated process and would like to participate please let us know.
As a result, we now have 4 data sets: The following conclusions can be drawn based on the analysis: P 12. P 14. Web Application Firewalls: How to Evaluate, Purchase and Implement. A Web application firewall (WAF) is designed to protect Web applications against common attacks such as cross-site scripting and SQL injection. Whereas network firewalls defend the perimeter of the network, WAFs sit between the Web client and Web server, analyzing application-layer traffic for violations in the programmed security policy, says Michael Cobb, founder of Cobweb Applications, a security consultancy.
While some traditional firewalls provide a degree of application awareness, it's not with the granularity and specificity that WAFs provide, says Diana Kelley, founder of consultancy Security Curve. For instance, the WAF can detect whether an application is not behaving the way it was designed to, and it enables you to write specific rules to prevent that kind of attack from reoccurring. WAFs also differ from intrusion prevention systems.
Main WAF Attributes The web application firewall market is still undefined, with many dissimilar products falling under the WAF umbrella. ModSecurity: Open Source Web Application Firewall. Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria. Get WAFEC 1.0 WAFEC 1.0 is available in several formats: PDF version, HTML Version and Text Version Please note that WAFEC, like all other WASC projects, is distributed under the creative common license. Please respect this license. Particularly note that the license requires that if you use the information you attribute it to WASC and WAFEC. WAFEC Response Matrix 1.0 Download WAFEC response matrix The WAFEC response matrix translates WAFEC into an easy to use standardized tool. Usage guidelines: The WAFEC team is working on the next version of WAFEC. for more details refer to the WAFEC 2.0 page.
Www.cert-ist.com/documents/Document_Cert-IST_000333.pdf. OWASP Best Practices: Use of Web Application Firewalls.