Exposing systems to the internet increases the risk that security weaknesses in those systems will be leveraged to compromise the system or the underlying data. It is therefore necessary to examine the actual business risks this brings, understand the basic difficulties in implementing “secure systems”, and adequately test internet applications for security, as well as functionality and load performance, before they are exposed to the net.

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Security Testing Fundamentals –