What Is Web Application Security and How Does It Work?

Running head: WEB APPLICATION SECURITY
WEB APPLICATION SECURITY
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Different types of web server attacks..............................................................................................2
Security best practices.....................................................................................................................4
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
Webservers hosts the resources for the websites for an organizations which have public
domains and IP addresses. The Internet is connected worldwide and it’s an open platform. An
open and unsecure websites attacks the unwanted guests as hackers. A normal websites stores
critical information of the organization and users. To prevent the attacks by the hackers or other
security issues, web security is an important aspect of the web server hosting (Almi 2014). The
whole websites depend on the both the front end application and its server systems. In this report,
different types of web servers attacks is discussed along with the best practices to keep the
critical and personal data safe. It also discusses the global solution for web hosting for the
organizations.
Different types of web server attacks
Webservers are the computers running on an operating system to host the websites. The
servers are connected to the backend database and various front end applications. Any
compromise in the backend, OS or application can attract the attacks on web server. Several type
of web server attacks are mentioned and described below:
i. SQL Injection: SQL injection are the attack that aims the database to alter or extract data
from the databases. Hacker hide a SQL query with parameters in a URL which is fed to
the users to get access from them. The stored procedures can also be triggered using SQL
injection attack (Qian et al. 2015). It is the most harmful and effective attacks on the
webservers. Data stealth and breach are the most common results of the SQL injection
attacks.
ii. Brute Force: Brute Force uses the all type of permutation and combination to crack the
username and password of a user. All the possible iterations are checked which can