Saberion partners with world leader in web security Acunetix

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A world leader and pioneer in web site vulnerability scanning technology Acunetix, appointed Saberion, as their consulting and implementation partner for Sri Lanka. Website security is possibly the most current overlooked aspect securing an enterprise, and should be a priority in any organisation. The fact could be confimed by the hacking of 22 Sri Lankan Government Web Sites to the most recent attacks on Microsoft and Facebook.

“Hackers are primarily focusing their efforts on web-based applications, shopping carts, forms, log in pages and dynamic content. This is one of the reasons why Saberion as a web applications development company, focuses on providing web site vulnerability solutions and assessments for our customers,” Saberion Director Mufaddal Lukmanjee said.

“Most customers do not realise that the network level security does not prevent vulnerabilities on the web site. Web application attacks are launched on port 80 - which has to remain open and is unprotected by firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers. In addition, web applications are often tailor-made and as a result are more likely to have undiscovered vulnerabilities.”

Acunetix was founded with this threat in mind and provides an automated tool that scans web applications to identify and resolve exploitable vulnerabilities. By replicating a hacker’s methodology Acunetix is able to pin point vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection and cross site scripting, before hackers do.

The extensive features of the product enables both automated and manual penetration testing, allowing security analysts to perform a complete vulnerability assessment, and repair detected threats, with just the one product. Acunetix is protecting leading organisations around the world including Bank of China, US Army, NASA, Telstra, Fujitsu, AVG and Sony.

Established in 2006, Saberion is one of Sri Lanka’s most sought after web and mobile technology service providers, boasting a variety of large local and international corporates in their portfolio of over 500 clientele. Since 2010 Saberion has made a strategic move to partner with world class software providers such as Salesforce.com, Amazon web services and Acunetix web security.