Today, businesses live or die by their digital presence. Crafting the best digital experience means putting the end user first, which requires a delicate balance of technology and innovation. To achieve this balance, businesses make use of third-party code, tools, and cloud services combined with their own technology to drive down time to market. As a result, most modern web applications are a culmination of first-party and third-party technologies delivered from the cloud.

News reports on attacks on the “supply chain” are becoming an almost every-day occurrence. First there was SolarWinds, then Kayesa, followed by countless other large and small supply chain attacks. Global businesses, economies, and lives are intricately connected to each other through applications and the internet. When critical systems are attacked and operations are affected, the downstream problems quickly become apparent.

Yes. There really are 10 fairly easy ways to improve your website security and protect your customers at the same time. But first, you may be asking “Why do I need to worry about my website security? Aren’t web applications safe? What could possibly go wrong?” We’re not in the business of peddling FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt), but… let’s be frank.

There’s a natural tension within most companies: marketing wants to get stuff out, while IT and security are focused on protecting the business. These waters between marketing and security can be treacherous, and a recent challenge we observed in a large U.S.-based northeastern bank, illustrates the issue well. Like many financial institutions, mobile and web banking are a critical and core component of the business model.

I might assume that you found this blog while conducting research on how to protect your business from skimming breaches. Let me guess… you just survived a Magecart-type, cross-site scripting (XSS), formjacking, skimming, or other client-side attacks? Now your CISO, CEO, or board are asking you to figure out how to ensure this doesn’t happen again?

Welcome back to our five-part series on client-side security approaches. For those of you who are new to this series, there are five approaches to client-side security: In this blog I’m going to cover the use and limitations of vulnerability scanning for client-side security. Let’s start with the absolute basics. First, let’s take a deeper dive into a few key questions.