Implementing Security in a Vulnerable CRM

Authors

  • Alexandru Valentin Besciu IT&C Security Master Department of Economic Informatics and Cybernetics The Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Keywords:

Web, Security, Vulnerabilities, Scanner, Application

Abstract

This paper work objective is to scan and analyze a web application developed in early 2013 by the author of this paperwork. The application has been improved constantly since then, but without having a security plan included. Unfortunately the application arrived at a point where the security isn’t optional anymore and it needs to be improved. In order to do this I scanned the web application files with Acunetix Web Vulnerabilities Scanner. After the analysis the results pointed which vulnerabilities the application has and how to fix them. After I had fixed the vulnerabilities I rescanned the application to see if there were any others which appeared because of the new code. After the scanning the results were good, Acunetix WVS showing only notices.

References

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Published

2015-03-30

How to Cite

Besciu, A. V. (2015). Implementing Security in a Vulnerable CRM. Journal of Mobile, Embedded and Distributed Systems, 7(1), 41-46. Retrieved from http://jmeds.eu/index.php/jmeds/article/view/Implementing_Security_in_a_Vulnerable_CRM

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015): Current trends in Information Security

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