Web Application Security Audit by a CERT-in Empaneled Agency
Application Security Audit
The process of actively analysing all components to ensure that they were designed in accordance with security best practises is known as application security auditing. It's a crucial stage in the application certification process. The modules are individually examined for a variety of flaws and attributes during this process. Only if the application demonstrates all of the needed qualities will it pass the review. Errors in development (also known as bugs, flaws, or vulnerabilities) might allow an attacker to obtain access to private information or prevent authorised users access to the Application, both of which could have disastrous consequences. To avoid security weaknesses in the application itself, an application security audit is critical. It increases the application's dependability, stability, and performance. The application testing results are presented in a thorough report that highlights the vulnerabilities and provides recommendations for limiting the risk.
Application Security Testing
Functional testing and internal logic testing are the two forms of testing used to ensure that the Web Application is fully functional. White box testing analyses the efficacy of software programme logic, whereas black box testing assesses the functional working effectiveness. We'd be responsible for the application's Black Box testing. We will conduct role-based functionality testing to identify any security problems in the application because it has multiple roles specified for various users. The first level application audit would reveal the application's vulnerabilities, such as Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injection vulnerability, Buffer Overflows, Invalidated Inputs, insecure storage, and so on. The Developers would have to fix these before moving on to the second or third level audits, if necessary.
Security Audit as per OWASP Standard
OWASP is the industry standard for web application testing (Open Web Application Security Project). The OWASP 2017 Top Ten shows a general consensus on which application security issues are the most serious.