Analytical View of Web Security and Sophisticated Ways to Improve Web Security

Abstract

All kind of business web application vulnerability statistics are growing in recent and new forms of hacker’s attacks, such as Watering Hole Attack are appearing. Well secured enterprise web applications are threatened by smaller vulnerable webs misused by hackers in targeted attacks. This paper discuss an effective way of creating better secured web application, applicable also in business sector by support them with semantic web platform security and certificate transparency. The main issue – improperly validated user inputs, the biggest security vulnerability often misused by hackers – could be effectively fixed by open-source HTML Purifier library which is usable in various programming languages. Moreover, we will discuss the latest internet security threats and the security of SSL/TSL practice for business web application with proactive on-line embedded prevention, detection and response system.