The threats to applications are evolving beyond the simple notion of “find exploit, access system, steal current data.” In the cloud and on the network, both nation-state and criminal hackers are employing two very specific techniques to gain access to valuable data: ultra-targeted malware that is custom crafted to attack particular organizations, and persistent access, whereby miscreants are compromising systems, but then silently modifying them such that they can continually access sensitive data over long periods of time without detection. The bottom line on application security is that even with the best of effort it is almost impossible to guarantee security, but, as this new ebook from SC Magazine explains, there's every reason to strive to implement a best practices approach to protect the enterprise network, one that balances business realities with technical challenges.
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