Cenzic is proud to interview Art Conklin, Ph.D., as part of our Application Security MythBusters series. This is the fifth out of six pod cast interviews conducted on the show floor at the 2008 BlackHat Conference in Las Vegas.
Art Conklin – an assistant professor at the University of Houston – said that universities are just like any other company as they struggle in securing their Websites and Web applications. Universities are prime targets for hacker attacks as they have large amounts of information accessible via Web applications.
According to Dr. Conklin, most companies and IT professionals believe they are doing a “good enough” job, but it’s the biggest myth out there. There is no silver bullet and no single “werewolf”: for every type of Web security issue, you need a specific Web security solution. So don’t rely solely on SSL, for example. You need this type of security, but it’s not a panacea against every attack out there.
Dr. Conklin summarizes his feelings about the application security market in these words: If you aren’t doing something proactive about Web security, then you need to go into a new career, as you won’t last very long.
So take 10 minutes of your day to listen to the podcast to hear more of his insights.
If you have any other questions or topic suggestions about the latest myths out there, send an email to: mythbusters@cenzic.com
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Erin Swanson, Marketing
Eswanson@cenzic.com
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