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Building security training for developers in 2024: Is it really worth it and how to proceed?

Application Security

Building security training for developers in 2024: Is it really worth it and how to proceed?

If you're a security engineer, the chances that you've struggled with your development team to implement secure coding practices are high. If you don't have the right culture in your organization, it might be even harder. Developers consider you as an adversary, rather than an ally that's here to help them. It feels like an uphill battle day in, day out. We had great training at Segment, where we had two parts where every single new engineer had to go through it. We had to think like an attacke

Alexandra Charikova
What is business logic, and why it's important for application security

Application Security

What is business logic, and why it's important for application security

Is understanding business logic a critical component of application security? Absolutely. In the world of cybersecurity, business logic is more than just a set of operational directives. It serves as the crucial bridge between an application's technical function and its alignment with strategic business goals. More than that, it's important not only to understand but also to properly secure applications from business logic attacks. A striking example of this was the breach experienced by USPS,

Alexandra Charikova
Escape API Security Checklist

API Security

Escape API Security Checklist

Are you looking to make your API security program stronger? Do you sometimes find it challenging to spot and address security vulnerabilities effectively? You're not alone! Many security professionals like you face challenges in improving API security because technology and cyber threats keep changing. This makes ensuring strong API security a complex but vital task. This checklist can help. You can use these guidelines to improve your API security posture. Feel free to adapt these guidelines t

Tristan Kalos
Application security audit: an in-depth guide

AppSec

Application security audit: an in-depth guide

Introduction What are application security audits? In information technologies departments, application security audits are systematic evaluations conducted to assess the security posture of an organization's applications. Application security audits involve finding possible threats and determining the organization's attack surface. The different vectors that attackers can leverage to harm a corporation determine this scope. Role of application security audits in risk management B

Maxence Lecanu
Introducing business logic security testing for REST APIs

API Security

Introducing business logic security testing for REST APIs

After one year and a half of approaching API security through the lenses of GraphQL, we are proud to introduce full support for REST API Security Testing in Escape, in addition to GraphQL 🚀 You like us on GraphQL. You will love us on REST. It's been a ride since Escape's public release of our GraphQL security platform last September. To enrich this core capability, we have been shipping many new features since our public release: API Inventory, Posture Management, CI/CD Integrations, SSO, a

Antoine CarossioTristan Kalos
Hacking GraphQL Playground

AppSec

Hacking GraphQL Playground

GraphQL Playground has had a known XSS security issue since 2020. We give 2 very concrete scenarios to show you how it could unfold if it were to be exploited in your organization.

Achraf Ait Sidi Hammou
GraphQL Security: 9 Best Practices You Need to Know

AppSec

GraphQL Security: 9 Best Practices You Need to Know

GraphQL has no security by default. All doors are open for the most basic attacks. Read more to learn about the exact threats and some simple strategies you can implement to get your users' data under lock and key 🔐

Achraf Ait Sidi Hammou
Top 7 DevSecOps Best Practices

DevSecOps

Top 7 DevSecOps Best Practices

DevSecOps aims at integrating security inside the development process. It can be hard to know where to start. In this article, learn the best practices to implement DevSecOps in your engineering teams.

Tristan Kalos