Frontline techniques to defend web applications

Defending web applications — Frontline security techniques.

Scope

This page summarizes frontline techniques used to defend web applications, including:

Web application firewalls that inspect and block malicious HTTP traffic
Network security monitoring for suspicious activity
Input validation to reject unexpected or unsafe user input

Note on the source paper

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