Why Web Application Security Is Necessary

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How to Ensure Information Security When Localizing Applications
Pavel Yashin, Head of Information Security at iiii Tech (“Foraise”) | 10/20/2022
Over the past six months, Russian companies have been forced to revise their budgets and adjust their programs for operating information security solutions. But one thing has remained unchanged: the issue remains a priority for many organizations due to the increase in hacks and data leaks. Let's look at how to counter the most popular threats and manage web application vulnerabilities.

Web applications are an integral part of the workflow of most companies. ABS systems of banks, CRM, 1C and other programs that employees use daily accumulate a huge amount of data that has commercial value (we are talking about information that users leave on websites and in applications or managers collect themselves). Therefore, ensuring the security of web applications is one of the key tasks for minimizing reputational and financial risks of a business.

For example, hackers can get leads from a CRM bolivia mobile database resell them to competitors. Attackers can also download a customer base (as was the case with Yandex. Food recently ) , and then post it in the public domain or offer it on the black market. Both situations undermine trust in companies and can also lead to liability in the form of fines from regulators.

Attackers can access data from the outside (in a hacking attempt) or from the inside (if the user has access to the IT infrastructure). Companies with huge amounts of data are regularly exposed to two main types of information threats:

breach of confidentiality, or data leak;
violation of the availability of information for legitimate users, its deletion or modification.
The scale of the leaks is impressive. InfoWatch analysts registered over 330 such cases last year, which occurred in commercial and government organizations in Russia. The total volume of leaked data is 80.5 million records, each of which is information about one user. And these are only registered cases. There are probably many more. That is why the issue of ensuring information security is so acute for companies.