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How do you integrate web application security scanning into your development and deployment process?

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Web application security scanning is a vital practice to detect and prevent vulnerabilities that could compromise your data, functionality, and reputation. However, scanning your web applications manually or sporadically is not enough to keep up with the dynamic and complex nature of modern web development. You need to integrate web application security scanning into your development and deployment process, so that you can identify and fix issues early, continuously, and automatically. In this article, we will show you how to do that using some common tools and frameworks.

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1 Choose a scanning tool

When choosing a web application security scanning tool, there are many options available, from open-source tools such as OWASP ZAP and Nmap to commercial tools like Acunetix and Netsparker. You should consider the coverage and accuracy of the scan, how easy it is to integrate the tool with your development environment, version control system, testing framework, and CI/CD pipeline, as well as the reporting and remediation features. It is important to evaluate how well the tool detects common and emerging vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, broken authentication, and misconfigured security headers. Additionally, you should assess the clarity and actionability of the scan results so that you can prioritize and fix any issues found.

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Farhan A.

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In my experience, when selecting a web application security scanning tool, consider its coverage and accuracy, integration capabilities, vulnerability detection abilities, and reporting and remediation features. Prioritize tools that detect common and emerging vulnerabilities and provide clear and actionable results.

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Nathaniel Shere

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There are several different types of scans, and their relevant tools, as well that are each more or less relevant at different stages of the development lifecycle. Early in development, security focused unit tests are very effective at identifying early gaps or vulnerabilities in small snippets of new code. As the code reaches later stages, there are static code analysis tools (that analyze raw source code), dynamic code analysis tools (that analyze active functionality and code in action), and full vulnerability scanning tools (that scan the complete application).

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Dexter McGriff

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At MTECH, we prioritize security from the outset of our development cycle. We employ Continuous Integration tools to automate security scans with every code push, ensuring vulnerabilities are identified early. Additionally, both Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing are integrated into our process. Before deployment, our applications undergo rigorous environment-specific scans to ensure a secure and robust final product. Best regards, Dexter McGriff President & CEO, MTECH

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2 Scan during development

The second step is to scan your web applications during development, preferably as part of your code review or testing process. This way, you can catch and fix vulnerabilities before they reach the production stage, saving time and resources. You can use tools like GitLab or GitHub to integrate web application security scanning into your code repositories, and tools like Jenkins or Travis CI to automate the scanning as part of your CI/CD pipeline. You can also use tools like SonarQube or CodeQL to perform static code analysis, which can detect potential security flaws in your source code.

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Supro Ghose

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Please kindly elaborate on how web application scanning can be integrated with the development pipeline. GitHub has code scanning tools but I have not come across a web scanning tool so eager to learn.

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Nathaniel Shere

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During development, your scanning focus should be on security-based unit testing and source code analysis. Unit testing is usually driven by the developers while source code analysis tools, such as Veracode or Checkmarx, can integrate directly with a developer's tools and development processes. OWASP provides a long list of both commercial and free static code analysis tools for various coding languages and frameworks.

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3 Scan before deployment

The third step is to scan your web applications before deployment, preferably as part of your quality assurance or staging process. This way, you can verify that your web applications meet your security standards and comply with any regulatory or contractual requirements. You can use tools like Selenium or Cucumber to automate the functional testing of your web applications, and tools like OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite to perform dynamic security testing, which can simulate real-world attacks and exploit vulnerabilities.

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4 Scan after deployment

The fourth step is to scan your web applications after deployment, preferably as part of your monitoring or maintenance process. This way, you can ensure that your web applications are secure and up-to-date, and that no new vulnerabilities have been introduced or exploited. You can use tools like Nagios or Splunk to monitor your web applications for any anomalies or incidents, and tools like Acunetix or Netsparker to perform periodic or on-demand security scans, which can alert you of any changes or risks.

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5 Scan across environments

The fifth step is to scan your web applications across different environments, such as development, testing, staging, and production. This way, you can compare and contrast the security posture of your web applications, and identify any discrepancies or inconsistencies. You can use tools like Docker or Kubernetes to create and manage consistent and isolated environments for your web applications, and tools like OWASP ZAP or Nmap to perform network security scanning , which can discover and map your web application assets and services.

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Nathaniel Shere

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This is often overlooked, but even in the best development programs, there are often subtle configuration differences between environments that can hide or reveal security issues.

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6 Scan with feedback

The sixth and final step is to scan your web applications with feedback, which means that you use the scan results to improve your web application security practices and processes. This way, you can learn from your mistakes, prevent recurrence, and enhance your security culture and awareness. You can use tools like Jira or Trello to track and manage your security issues, and tools like Slack or Teams to communicate and collaborate with your team members and stakeholders.

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Nathaniel Shere

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Never shame developers who introduce security issues with this feedback. Even on the best teams with the best developers, security issues can sneak in because of tight deadlines, forced shortcuts, or just a general lack of awareness. Building a secure development culture means helping and guiding with your feedback.

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Jon Bailey

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All scan results and vulnerabilities need to be only shown as a need to know. Strict control of these is critical to avoid those weaknesses being leaked to the wrong people. A scan is just a test and we only get better with feedback. Developers are not necessarily cyber experts and will appreciate a professional service.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Victor Beitner, CISSP, CSCE, GG,E-Technologist

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As part of the Canadian Standard, CyberSecure Canada, we use Owasp top 10 as a starting point, and recommend that they should implement regular testing. Ideally, a proper pen-test should be done, but at least do something. What we look for is making sure that the windows are closed, the doors are locked. Doing something is always better than nothing and waiting for the inevitable to happen and the fix the problem. #cyberSecurecanada #cybersecuritycanada

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The article is very good. But we can enhance the security by performing continuous penetration testing, setup key process for promoting the code to other branches. Also it can further be enhanced by performing real time scanning/threats on running/deployed apps.

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Supro Ghose

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You mentioned web application as part of the GitHub process. Could you recommend some ? secure Code analysis tools like CodeQL is available but I am not aware of any as part of GitHub

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Nathaniel Shere

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Code scanning, and security in general, can too often be an after-thought when it comes to application development, but the earlier in the development process that security issues are identified, the cheaper and less time consuming they are to fix. Even a small amount of proactive planning and scanning can save an enormous amount of trouble.

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