Application security

Windows Authentication: Dot NET Security Part 2

Windows Authentication: Dot NET Security Part 2

Introduction The .NET framework caters to different types of authentication mechanisms to use within your applications - —including basic authentication, di

Cracked Web Applications Leak Credentials and Data

Cracked Web Applications Leak Credentials and Data

If you've been paying attention to vulnerabilities in web applications, you've certainly heard of attacks involving SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and

Risks of using a shared hosting server

Risks of using a shared hosting server

In this article, I would like to present the risks associated with hosting your site on a shared hosting server. I often correlate it with the analogy, "a ch

Embedding Security in Procurement Process & Vendor Contracts – Part 2

Embedding Security in Procurement Process & Vendor Contracts – Part 2

Background: In the previous article, we've covered how to implement security in procurement process and vendor contracts. There are 3 different aspects to m

Embedding  Security in Procurement Process and Vendor Contracts

Embedding Security in Procurement Process and Vendor Contracts

Background: Every organization has a procurement process. Some of the software products acquired by an organization are COTS (Commercial off The Shelf) Solu

An Introduction to Data Masking

An Introduction to Data Masking

Background: Dealing with Production Data is a challenge, but most organizations around the world have safeguards in place which secure the production enviro

C# Core Programming Construct (PART-1)

C# Core Programming Construct (PART-1)

Introduction This article explores the core C# programming language constructs by presenting numerous stand-alone concepts such as data types, constants, it

Importance of security in mobile platforms

Importance of security in mobile platforms

Introduction In this period, security firms are publishing detailed reports on analysis conducted on principal cyber threats detected in 2012, the results pr

Web Services

Web Services

Introduction Software developers have struggled to create software components that can be called remotely over local networks and the Internet. In this proc

Exception Handling

Exception Handling

Introduction C# and the .NET CLR use exceptions to indicate that an error condition has occurred during program execution. C# programs are under constant th