RE: On "application security"

["Gary McGraw" <gem () cigital com>]

I like to put it this way:

Passing a cursory application penetration test reveals very little about
your real security posture, but failing an easy canned penetration test
(think black box port 80 cheese) tells you that you're in very deep
trouble indeed.

The reality is that some orgs bump smack into that low bar!

gem



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