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Security Testing Services
Our manual web application security testing services uses a methodology based on the OWASP ASVS, allowing your organisation to identify security issues within your web applications. Learn more →
Definition
What is Web Application Security Testing?
Web application security assessment also known as a website security assessment is a point-in-time security audit of a website (web app) that provides a deep dive analyses identifying any security issues within the web application. Unlike our penetration testing service, a web application security assessment focuses specifically on identifying security issues and vulnerabilities within the web application and the web server configuration.
Proactively identify the latest vulnerabilties
Our penetration testing services help identify the latest vulnerabilties.
VMware VRealize Network Insight
Remote Code Execution CVE-2023-20887
MOVEit Transfer
Remote Code Execution CVE-2023-34362
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
Authentication Bypass CVE-2024-0204
WordPress Elementor Lite 5.7.1
Arbitrary Password Reset CVE-2023-32243
Redis Sandbox Escape
Remote Code Execution CVE-2022-0543
GitLab 16.0.0
Path Traversal CVE-2023-2825
CouchDB Erlang Distribution
Remote Command Execution CVE-2022-24706
WatchGuard Fireware AD Helper Component
Credentials Disclosure Critical
Why Perform Web App Security Testing
Why Performing Regular Web App Security Testing is Important for Your Organisation
Identify Web App Threats
Web Application Penetration Testing
Aptive provide web application security testing using our internal methodology based on the OWASP testing methodology. The service identifies security issues within web apps and provides clear remediation instructions, allowing your organisation to easily fix identified security issues. For more information, see our web app security audit service page.
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Identify Mobile App Threats
Mobile App Security Testing
Aptive’s mobile application security testing is a deep dive security assessment against iOS and Android apps, to help identify potential security issues, logic flaws or vulnerabilities.
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Identify Internal & External Infrastructure Threats
Network Penetration Testing
Aptive are a penetration testing company providing internal or external web & network penetration testing services, which identifies and quantifies security issues in an easy to understand report.
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Identify Web App Security Issues
Assess Your Applications for the Following Web Application Vulnerabilities
Broken Access Control — access control functionality
Injection Attacks — XSS, SQL, LDAP, NoSQL
Cryptographic Failures — failures in cryptographic functions
Insecure Design — logic flaws
Security Misconfiguration — insufficiently designed app functionality
Vulnerable Components — out of date frameworks & libraries
Authentication Failures — issues relating to app authentication
Software & Data Integrity Failures — issues such as deserialisation
Security Logging & Monitoring Failures — critical data exposure, CI/CD pipelines
Server Side Request Forgery — SSRF assessment
Cross-site Request Forgery — CSRF assessment
Web Servery Configuration Failures — web server config issues
TLS Misconfigurations — HTTPS assessment
Input Validation — app input validation assessment
Sensitive & Personal Information Disclosure — assessment of disclosed data
Advantages of Performing Security Testing
The identification of cybersecurity issues and risks is a crucial aspect of any organisation’s IT security strategy. A comprehensive overview of the current state of IT security is essential for any organisation seeking to evaluate its compliance with various standards, such as PCI DSS and ISO 27001. A certified consultant can provide invaluable assistance in this process, verifying the presence of identified security issues and offering a practical overview of the current state of IT security.
Identify Web App Framework Security Issues
Security Testing for Web App Frameworks
Ruby on Rails — security testing
Django — Python security testing
Laravel — PHP security testing
NodeJS — security testing
ASP.Net — security testing
WordPress — security testing
NextJS — security testing
ASP.NET Core — security testing
React — security testing
AngularJS — security testing
React Native — security testing
Flask — Python security testing
Vue.JS — security testing
Express.JS — security testing
Spring Boot — Java security testing
PCI DSS Penetration Testing Service
Meet your PCI DSS certification requirements with our manual penetration testing service.
Client Testimonials
Reviews from our clients
"We hired Aptive to perform an in-depth mobile application penetration test based on the OWASP MASV standard. Aptive provided an easy to understand report and were on hand to help with any developer follow up questions."
"Aptive conduct regular penetration testing of our web applications as part of our on-going cyber security testing commitment. We chose Aptive as we required a manually performed penetration test conducted by a certified web application penetration tester. The delivered reports are always professional, concise and make it easy for both stake holders and developers to understand.”
"The team at Aptive provided excellent advice and demonstrated a large depth of knowledge regarding security aspects and vulnerabilities within our environment. We were very pleased with the level of effort and advice given throughout the engagement. In addition to providing a comprehensive report, Aptive clarified issues directly with our development teams to ensure identified issues were correctly understood. Allowing our team to perform remediation on any discovered issues."
"Aptive performed a manual web & mobile app penetration tests against our CryptoCurrency wallet applications. Aptive's team worked closely with our internal developers and went above and beyond to deliver detailed issue explanations with actionable remediation advice during the development stage of our apps."
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