Application Security

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses risks and responsibility of ensuring privacy and security of information and the types of application security that exist. It also provides a brief overview of breaches in security. The paper specifically discusses an area of great vulnerability, that of the healthcare environment where personal demographic data and personal health information is at risk.

Table of Contents:
Risk and Responsibility
HIPAA
Security Measures and Threat Risk
History of Insecure Networks
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The future of application security is tenuous at best. People are finding newer and more inventive ways to break the security of an application. In 2002, the number of newly documented susceptibilities increased by 81.5% over 2001 (Exposing the Future of Internet Security, 2003). Second, blended threats also know as malware have become more lethal and continue to evolve in many ways. These blended threats pose a big risk to Internet security. According to Exposing the Future of Internet Security, Symantec Security reports the source of 80% of malicious codes submitted to them in a six month period was the effect of only three blended threats. Blended threats use multiple methods to infect and spread quickly across the Internet. Wireless connectivity and Instant Messaging (IM) Securing and protecting data needs to begin with the development of the application and be looked at every step in the process."

Sample of Sources Used:

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