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The Importance of Finding All Vulnerabilities on Your Web Applications

Although compliance is mandatory, a secure web application is more important. This article explains why website owners should focus on finding and fixing all possible vulnerabilities on their web applications, even if it means doing much more than PCI DSS compliance require.

Automatic Configuration of URL Rewrite Rules in Netsparker Web Application Security Scanners

URL rewrite rules are typically difficult to configure and unless configured properly, the target web application is not scanned properly and not all vulnerabilities are detected. With Netsparker web application security scanners you do not need to manually configure URL rewrite rules since the process is all automated.

How Does Netsparker Compare with other Automated Web Application Security Scanners?

A few weeks back Shay Chen took the Netsparker scanners for a spin and updated the web application security scanners benchmark report. We’ve done very well by identifying all direct impact vulnerabilities and did not report a single false positive, as promised.

Is Your Web Vulnerability Scanner Approved by PCI?

Is the web vulnerability scanner you are using approved by PCI? This article talks about PCI and PCI DSS and explains why automated software used in PCI DSS compliance audits, such as an automated web vulnerability scanner and web security scanner cannot be approved by PCI.

2013/2014 Web Vulnerability Scanners Comparison – Netsparker Confirmed as a Market Leader

In the 2013/2014 web vulnerability scanners comparison by Shay Chen, where he compared around 63 web vulnerabilities scanners Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner emerged as a market leader in the web application security industry, even though it is the youngest contender. Read this article for more information about the comparison of these automated web security tools.