Managed services available from RAVENii include comprehensive application security. Application security is the process of developing, implementing, and testing security features within applications to secure them against threats such as unauthorized access and modification. 

Application Security Features

There are many types of application security features including authentication, authorization, encryption, logging, and testing.

Authentication

The first step is building procedures into an application that allow only authorized users to gain access to it. Authentication is how we make sure that a user is who they say they are. This is most frequently accomplished by requiring the user to provide a user name and password when logging in to the application. Multi-Factor Authentication, or MFA, requires each user to use more than a username and password for login. There are several types of MFA requiring a variety of verification factors, but they all fall into three main categories: knowledge, like a password or PIN; a possession, like a badge or a smartphone, or inherence, like voice recognition or fingerprints.

Authorization

After the user has been authenticated, the system matches the validated user credentials to an authorized list of users for the application. The authorization also determines what the user is allowed to do within the application.

Encryption

Once the user has been authenticated and authorized, the additional measure of encryption helps protect sensitive data from cybercriminals. All traffic between end-users and the cloud or outside the network that contains sensitive data should be encrypted.

Logging

A log is a file that your system produces automatically when specific events occur. These log files record anything and everything that the application, server, OS, or network assigns importance to, and they are typically time-stamped. A log can document a variety of events like application errors, messages and transactions between users, files requested by users of a website, and backup records. If a breach occurs, the log can help identify who gained access to what data and how they did it.

Testing

Part of the software development process is performing application security testing to check for vulnerabilities in a new or updated application. Conducting a security audit ensures that the application meets specific security criteria. After the audit, penetration testing is performed. Penetration testing is when the security experts attempt to think like a hacker and breach the application.

Managed Services From RAVENii

RAVENii offers managed services to monitor, log, test, and report on application security. Our most comprehensive option, SOC As A Service delivers powerful threat detection, incident response, and compliance management in one fully managed service. We combine all the security capabilities needed for effective security monitoring across your cloud and on-premises environments: asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection, endpoint detection and response, behavioral monitoring, SIEM log management, compliance reports, and more.

It eliminates the need to deploy, integrate, and maintain expensive solutions like a SIEM and maximizes your existing security investments like your firewall and anti-virus by including their logs in our analysis. SOC As A Service offers low total cost of ownership (TCO) and flexible, scalable deployment options for organizations of any size or budget.

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