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Application security testing: Protecting your application and data

Application security testing is critical in ensuring your data and applications are safe from security attack. This e-book explains the basics of application security and how it differs from network security, and then delves deeper into testing for two common vulnerabilities: injection and cross-site scripting. It ends with a tip regarding performance concerns when adding security protection to code. The e-book is written for IT management, including QA and development managers, interested in ensuring their applications are kept secure.

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