Mar 3, 2020 | AppSec Classroom
Cyber security is a broad area, including several items such as network security and application security. If you are a CISO responsible for the cyber security budget, you know that proper protection is key. Cyber attacks can cost your business more than a million dollars, and that number is based on conservative estimates. The real cost of an attack includes damage to your reputation, future lost sales, and plummeting stock prices.
Jan 27, 2020 | AppSec Classroom, Events, OWASP, Software Vulnerabilities
At AppSec Cali 2020 Code Dx CEO Dr. Anita D’Amico and AppSec Researcher Chris Horn, discussed their research on “Do certain types of developers or teams write more secure code? Human Factors in AppSec.” This research sought to find out what...
Sep 27, 2019 | AppSec Classroom
Why do some developers produce secure code, but others do not? What potentially configurable elements impact code quality and security? Software is written by people, and their actions and decisions ultimately affect the security of the code they produce. This...
May 25, 2019 | AppSec Classroom, Tool Studies
The number of acronyms to keep track of today continues to grow at a rapid pace, especially in the AppSec industry. For software developers and security testers, SAST and DAST are two commonly used acronyms in the application security testing world, but are often...
May 22, 2019 | AppSec Classroom, Software Vulnerabilities
In the world of application security testing, the terms “code coverage” and “vulnerability coverage” are frequently used. But what do they really mean? Essentially, code coverage is the amount of the code that is scanned to identify potential vulnerabilities in a software application. Vulnerability coverage refers to the number of defects or system misconfigurations in the software code that could pose potential threats.
Apr 15, 2019 | AppSec Classroom, Blog
An article by Ken Prole, CTO of Code Dx, was published in the Security Today magazine’s April 2019 edition.
Apr 11, 2019 | AppSec Classroom, Tool Studies
An essential element of the application development process is scanning the software to find potential vulnerabilities. Static Application Security Testing tools are notorious for returning lots of results (often thousands, even for relatively small applications), which can overwhelm a developer. But no matter how they feel about the results, software developers must understand that by running only one application security testing tool—even the best on the market—they are missing most of the weaknesses in their code.
Apr 2, 2019 | AppSec Classroom
Both Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) share a common goal—finding security vulnerabilities in an application. Both are an important part of a comprehensive application security process, but the perspectives and...
Aug 23, 2017 | AppSec Classroom
The Code Dx team was proud to provide application security training on behalf of (ISC)² at the August 2017 Metro NY branch’s workshop and training sessions. The slides are available for download.
Aug 19, 2015 | AppSec Classroom
Active Scan – is when a vulnerability scanner actively sends requests to a running application with the intent of exposing and identifying vulnerabilities. Application Security Testing (AST) – the process of identifying holes in an application’s source code throughout...
