CHAPTER 9

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Parting Thoughts

Over the course of this book, we have covered the critical aspects of web application security. Before closing, let’s look back at the salient points and steps in the web application security process.

Web application security is an ongoing process involving the executive committee, application owners, end users, the development and testing teams, and the IT security team. The process begins with analyzing the risk of application assets and the processes they affect in order to determine a starting point for assessing a security budget.

It is important to understand the differences and relationships between threats, vulnerabilities, ...

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