Application security describes security measures at the application level that aim to prevent data or code within the app from being stolen or hijacked. It encompasses the security considerations that happen during application development and design, but it also involves systems and approaches to protect apps after they get deployed. The goal of application security is to protect applications from malicious attacks and threats throughout the entire application lifecycle. This is done to protect the application through its flaws in design, development, deployment, upgrade, or maintenance.
Given that today’s applications are often available over various networks and connected to the cloud, there are increasing vulnerabilities to security threats and breaches. Recent research shows that more than 80% of attacks are targeted at applications, and thus the digital enterprise is more vulnerable than ever.
Therefore, there is increasing pressure and incentive to not only ensure security at the network level but also within applications themselves. Security measures at the application level are typically built into the software, and encompasses different solutions such as web application firewall, database access management, runtime application self protection (RASP) and web application scanning.
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