2 years ago

Category: Software, Business, Database, Security, Data, Privacy, firewall, encryption, automation

There’s a seemingly endless number of ways to get hurt, sick or killed before your time. Avoiding the most dangerous risks, though, gives you a pretty good chance of living an average or better lifespan.

An application that encrypts credit card numbers in a database, but decrypting the data automatically when retrieved allows an https://www.synopsys.com/glossary/what-is-sql-injection.html attack to retrieve credit card numbers in clear text.

This wouldn’t have made the OWASP Top 10 based on OWASP data collection, which showed a relatively low incidence rate. However, “security community members are telling us this is important, even though it’s not illustrated in the data at this time.”