Benefits of Web Applications Security Testing for on Sri Lankan SMEs

Authors

  • Kavindya MDA Faculty of computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Metro Campus, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
  • Jayasundera OMB Faculty of computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Metro Campus, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka 5
  • Guruge TL Faculty of computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Metro Campus, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
  • Senevirathne DW Faculty of computing, Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Metro Campus, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
  • Manawadu CD Zone24x7 Private Limited, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Keywords:

Web applications, Maintenance, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Small and Medium scale enterprises (SME), Security Testing

Abstract

Owing to the advancement and complexity of web systems increases day by day, with the development of information and communication technology, it has been anenormous task to maintain them with a greater care. A secured web application is an essential requisite of every business organization which they could be benefited in achieving their short term and long term business objectives and supportive day to day business functions as well. Reasoning those benefits, such applications should be facilitated quite often, providing with testing and maintenance in order to sustainably survive in the business environment. In that case, security testing has become an indispensable activity of web application development life cycle. It aims to maintain the privacy of data and check whether the security requirements are satisfied by the web applications when they are subjected to malicious data inputs as well. This paper reviews the benefits that can be enjoyed by undertaking an effective security testing for web applications and emphasizes those benefits with regard to small and medium scale of business enterprises in Sri Lanka. An attempt has been made to tie various existing researches and provide a direction for further researches in future.

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Published

2024-02-26

How to Cite

Kavindya, M., Jayasundera, O., Guruge, T., Senevirathne, D., & Manawadu, C. (2024). Benefits of Web Applications Security Testing for on Sri Lankan SMEs. COMPUSOFT: An International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology, 3(10), 1198–1203. Retrieved from https://ijact.in/index.php/j/article/view/211

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