Open AccessVulnerability Assessment of Web Applications using Penetration Testing
Author(s) -
Gitanjali Simran T*,
Dr.G. Sasikala
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.b2133.118419
Subject(s) - exploit , vulnerability assessment , computer science , hacker , vulnerability management , vulnerability (computing) , computer security , web application security , secure coding , penetration (warfare) , web application , risk analysis (engineering) , the internet , world wide web , software security assurance , web development , information security , engineering , business , operations research , security service , psychology , psychological resilience , psychotherapist
In recent years, utilization of web applications, web hacking exercises have grown exponentially. Organizations are confronting extremely critical difficulties in anchoring their web applications from rising cyber threats, as bargain with the assurance issues don't appear to be the right approach. Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) methods help us find these vulnerabilities / security loopholes in our systems even before an intruder could find a way to get it. This helps avoid zero-day exploits. This paper aims to elucidate the overview of Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing and introduce the most efficient open source tools used to perform these tests. This paper also presents a combined VAPT testing methodology that incorporates strengths of several existing approaches, with the goal to understand their utility and benefit the most from the tests.