Businesses are increasing their online presence to cope with the shift of our daily activities online. It’s now common for companies to deploy web applications to interact with customers and support their internal processes. However, due to the amount of information through these digital channels, they have become prime targets for cybercriminals.
Fortunately, more organizations are also becoming security conscious when protecting their web apps.
According to the CyberEdge Groups’ 2019 Cyberthreat Defense Report, 63 percent of organizations already use web application firewalls (WAFs). WAFs are the primary security measure preventing malicious traffic from accessing web apps. But despite the availability of these solutions, organizations still fall victim to data breaches. Several high-profile attacks to the likes of Under Armour, Marriott, and Quora in 2018 collectively compromised over a billion customer records.
Given these risks, developers and companies should protect their web applications.
As ordinary users, we should also be conscious of applying necessary security measures to prevent stolen records. Here are four fundamental ways web applications can prevent data breaches.
