Application Security: Countering The Professionals

"Security threats and attackers are turning professional. Network
managers still need to stop the script-kiddies from defacing their
websites, but it is becoming increasingly important to stop the
professionals who want to steal valuable information. The new attackers
search for vulnerabilities in the application and exploit these
weaknesses. Attackers are bypassing die traditional network- layer
firewall and IDS defenses; their exploits appear as legitimate traffic
to the network layer defense, but hiding in the application layer are
deadly attacks. "

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