Secure Web Pages and Web Forms: What You Need to Know
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Creating a web site that has “secure” components requires more than slapping together some web pages and adding an SSL Certificate. All a certificate really does is create a thin veneer of security — one that does not go very far to protect whatever sensitive data necessitated security in the first place. In fact, naive attempts at security can ultimately make the data less secure and more likely to be compromised by creating an appetizing target for the unscrupulous.
So, beyond paying big bucks to hire a developer with significant security expertise, what do you do? Start with this article — its purpose is to shed light on many of the most significant factors in secure web site programming/design and what you can do to address them. At a minimum, reading this article will help you to intelligently discuss your web site security with the developers that you ultimately hire.
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