Transcript WAS Overview - Professional Data Management

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Module 1:
Web Application Security Overview
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Overview
• How Data is stored in a Web Application
• Types of Data that need to be secured
• Overview of common security practices
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How Data is Stored in a Web Application
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How Data is stored in a web application
• A web application may need several different pieces of information to be
gathered and processed before the site can be displayed in the browser
• This information could come from many different sources including but not
limited to the sources below:
– File System
– Database
– Directory Service
– XML file
– Distributed Storage System
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Files System
Many things are stored in folders on the web server and must be secured
– Images
– Video
– Configuration files
– Web Pages
– AddIns
– Components
– .Net Assemblies
Net Assemblies
• In the .NET framework, an assembly is a compiled code library for use in
deployment, versioning and security
• There are two types: process assemblies (EXE) and library assemblies
(DLL)
• An assembly can consist of one or more files.
XML file
• Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a set of rules for encoding
documents in machine-readable form
• It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C
• XML's design goals emphasize simplicity and usability in data exchange
over the Internet
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XML Uses
• Store information about users
• Configuration files
• Order Information
• Data import/export
Configuration file
• Configuration files store the initial settings for some computer programs
• Used for user applications, server processes and operating system
settings
• The files are often written in ASCII / XML format.
• These files may contain passwords and database connection strings or
user information
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Database
• User Information
• Authentication Info
• Authorization Info
• Order Info
• Employee Info
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Salary
SSN
Address
Phone Number
• Credit Card Info
User Information
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Authentication Information
•Used to Identify the user
– User Name
– Password
– Domain or Network Name
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Authorization Information
•Used to determine rights and resources
access
– Role/Group Membership
– Access Control List
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Content Deliver Network
A system of computers containing copies of data, placed at various points in
a network so as to maximize bandwidth for access to the data from clients
throughout the network.
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Images
Video
Audio
Podcasts
Other Distributed content
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Directory Service
• Active Directory
– Login Info
– Domain Info
• LDAP Store
– Login Info
– User MetaData
Directory Service
Active Directory
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Types of Data that need to be secured
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Types of Data that need to be secured
• Personally identifiable information
• Financial information
• Order Information
• Intellectual property
• Authentication Info
Types of Data that need to be secured
• Personally Identifiable Information (PII), as used in information security
• Information that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a
single individual
• Can be exploited by criminals to stalk or steal the identity of a person
Personally identifiable information (PII)
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Financial Information
• Credit Card Info
– If you store credit card information and your storage engine is compromised you are
potentially responsible for up to $250,000 per card
• Bank Account Info
Best practice: Outsource storage and processing to a service provider that
specializes in processing financial data processing and hold sufficient
insurance
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Order Information
• Payment Info
• Order Totals
• Shipping Address
• Billing Address
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Intellectual Property
• DataBase Content
– Store procedures and functions
• Application Architecture
– Location and type of storage
– Server Names
• Application Configuration
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Overview of Common Security Practices
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Overview of common security practices
• Hardening the server
• Patching
• Updating
• Firewalls
• Port forwarding and blocking
Hardening the server
Server hardening consists lowering the attack surface of the server
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Use only Least Privileged Account LPA
Install only required modules
Disable unused services
Install all required available patches
Remove unused accounts from the server.
Do not connect server to the Internet until it is fully hardened.
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RackSpace Server hardening
• KickStart process incorporate some post install processes
• Support is responsible for additional post install routines
• Different KickStart Images for Cloud, Intensive and Managed
Patching
• A patch is a piece of software designed to fix problems with, or update a
computer program or its supporting data
• This includes fixing security vulnerabilities and other bugs, and improving
the usability or performance
• Patch management is the process of using a strategy and plan of what
patches should be applied to which systems at a specified time
Patching
Firewalls
Firewalls
• A firewall is a part of a computer system or network that is designed to
block unauthorized access
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It permits authorized communications
• Firewalls can be implemented in either hardware or software, or a
combination of both
Firewall techniques
• Packet filter
• Application gateway
• Circuit-level gateway
• Proxy server
Understanding and Using Firewalls
Port forwarding
• Port forwarding or port mapping is the technique of forwarding a TCP/IP
packet
• Traversing a network address translator (NAT) gateway to a
predetermined network port on a host within a NAT-masqueraded
• Typically private network based on the port number on which it was
received at the gateway from the originating host
Port blocking
• In order to set rules on specific ports, you need to access iptables
• Port Blocking - Block all users to port 80:
– iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP
• Port Blocking - Block a SINGLE user to port 21:
– iptables -I INPUT -s 192.168.1.101 -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP
Add or edit a port blocking
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Review
• Components of a Web Application
• Types of Data that need to be secured
• Overview of common security practices
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