How to Find a Vulnerability in a Website

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While website owners consider scalability and high performance to be supreme, the changing threat landscape requires security to be an equally crucial consideration. The first step to securing a vulnerable website is to identify application vulnerabilities and then take corrective actions to mitigate them. In this article, we explore how to find a vulnerability in a website, the importance of comprehensive website assessment, and how adopting security practices can prevent application issues.

Vulnerability management is the collection of tools and techniques used to detect, evaluate, remediate and report on potential weaknesses in a system. The process is implemented alongside other security controls to harden the system and ensure potential vulnerabilities are addressed before hackers can exploit them.