Research shows that as many as 70 percent of websites have vulnerabilities that could be exploited and lead to the theft of sensitive corporate data such as, credit card information and customer information. Website security is something at the top of most businesses to-do lists, but often times it proves to be insufficient.
If the recent attacks on Sony and Anthem Inc. have taught us anything, it’s that it doesn’t matter how large or small your company is – your website security is at risk. Because of this, companies are under more pressure than ever to ensure their websites and networks are secure.
The recent trend in the way hacking attacks are perpetrated have shown hackers are now concentrating their efforts on web-based applications such as shopping carts, forms, login pages, and much more. The reason this is a serious issue is because web applications are accessible 24/7 and house all kinds of customer information – payment info, home address and other personal data. The other reason this is a serious issue is because these applications use port 80, which has to remain open, so they become even more vulnerable to attack.
That’s why scanning your website for vulnerabilities is more important than ever now. Acunetix, a company that was founded to combat web attacks, created a custom web vulnerability scanner that allows users to identify any weakness in their website architecture that would aid hackers in breaking through web defenses.
Acunetix’s Web Vulnerability Scanner is able to automatically check your web applications for SQL Injection, XSS and other related vulnerabilities. Acunetix is able to accomplish this by crawling websites and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of each web application and potential point of entry. The program then generates easy to understand reports that identify where web applications need to be fixed, which enables you to protect your business from any potential hacker attacks.
A pioneer in web application security scanning, Acunetix also continues to push the envelope of what’s possible in website analysis and vulnerability detection with innovative features.
- Acunetix AcuSensor Technology allows accurate scanning with low false positives, by combining black box scanning techniques with feedback from its sensors placed inside the source code
- An automatic JavaScript analyzer for security testing of AJAX and Web 2.0 applications
- Industry’s most advanced and in-depth SQL injection and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) testing
- Login Sequence Recorder makes testing web forms and password protected areas easy
- Multi-threaded and lightning fast scanner able to crawl hundreds of thousands of pages without interruptions
- Acunetix DeepScan understands complex web technologies such as REST, SOAP, XML, AJAX and JSON
Leading Windows Security resource site, WindowSecurity.com, announced in March that Acunetix was selected as the winner in the Preferred Web Application Security Solution category of their Readers’ Choice Awards.
The critics and customers have spoken, for scanning website and network vulnerabilities – Acunetix is the way to go for website security needs.
