Articles tagged best-practices
The Benefits of GDPR for Application Security
As the internet has grown, so has the need to protect users from privacy invasions, fraud, or other types of abuse by attackers. The European Union’s solution is the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. First put into effect in 2018, the policy applies not only to the organizations in the EU but to any organization that uses or collects data from people in the EU. If your organization is subject to GDPR, you’ll need...
The Dangers of Self-Signed Certificates
How many times have you started a new job, and the first thing you see on the company intranet is a “Your connection is not private” error message? Maybe you asked around and were directed to a wiki page. Of course, you probably had to click through the security warnings before actually viewing that page. If you are security-minded, this probably bothers you, but because you have a new job to do, you accept the...
Everything You Need to Know About the Twelve-Factor App
Ever heard of the twelve-factor app? Earlier this week I was scrolling through one of my favorite websites, Hacker News, and stumbled across the twelve-factor app for the first time. While I didn’t have time to read the official twelve-factor website, I wanted to take some time to share my thoughts about building twelve-factor apps, why they’re important, and what you need to know about them. Writing secure web applications can be really difficult! My...