A new cybersecurity cookie attribute has been introduced to help developers avoid exploits such as cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. The SameSite attribute restricts when cookies are sent to third-party servers. Using this attribute, developers can keep customer data safer in their web development applications. | Read More →

Most applications have third-party dependencies and libraries imported into source code. These libraries perform functions so that developers do not need to code features, which saves development time. Importing third-party code is convenient, but it adds cybersecurity risk to the application if it's not properly monitored. | Read More →

Application firewalls have replaced many older layer 3 firewalls. An application (layer 7 of the OSI model) firewall can read and analyze much more information than just a port and IP address from Internet traffic. If you want to implement cybersecurity on your network including protection from DDoS attacks, an application firewall has many benefits. | Read More →

Having an API is a great marketing tool for site owners. Developers pay a subscription fee to use your data in their own application projects. These third-party web development projects can boost your site's brand visibility, but API owners must take precautions to protect user data. OAuth can be used to work with proper authentication and authorization standards for data privacy. | Read More →

AES and SHA are two cryptographically secure ways to turn cleartext into ciphertext. Ciphertext is the hashed or encrypted data that is unreadable to humans, so it protects sensitive data whether it's stored in a database or passed over the internet. Before determining your cryptographic solutions during web development, you should understand the difference between the two algorithms. | Read More →

Application pools are a cybersecurity and web hosting component of Microsoft Windows IIS (Internet Information Services). They help Windows administrators work with multiple websites hosted on the same server and separate sites that need different CPU and memory resource management. Whether you host a website on an Azure virtual machine running the Windows server operating system or use cloud hosting on Windows-based hosts, you'll need to configure IIS and application pools. | Read More →