Basic Web Applications

Increasingly, the web has been hosting the collection and analysis of sensitive data. Sometimes, there are news stories wherein web sites are being defaced and important data being stolen or corrupted. These threats cannot go unaddressed and so standards to secure and protect web sites and their data were developed. These standards are also meant to limit the risks that are usually associated with using web based applications that host sensitive data.

These security standards are divided into Physical Security and Operating System Security. Physical Security refers to securing the actual location of the web server and its storage devices while Operating System Security involves the components; limited services, privilege access, limited accounts and authentication.