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Down the Rabbithole Podcast

posted on Oct 12, 2011 by Rohit Sethi Comments:0

I had the privilege of sitting down with Rafal Los & Glenn Leifheit at OWASP AppSecUSA 2011 in Minneapolis to talk about how we can embed security in QA. Raf was nice enough to record our conversation on his popular Podcast series, Down the Rabbithole. We are big fans of finding practical, repeatable ways to build…

Applications are the Crash Test Dummies of Security

posted on Aug 10, 2011 by Rohit Sethi Comments:0

Once upon a time driving a car was substantially more dangerous than it is now. Manufacturers were not held liable for accidents caused by their processes. Then everything changed. Now car manufacturers build safety into their car design right from the start. Software developers have also begun to try and build more secure applications. The…

5 Key Design Decisions That Affect Security in Web Applications

posted on Feb 10, 2011 by Rohit Sethi Comments:0

Senior developers and architects often make decisions related to application performance or other areas that have significant ramifications on the security of the application for years to come. Some decisions are obvious: How do we authenticate users? How do we restrict page access to authorized users? Others, however, are not so obvious. The following list…