Jeremiah Grossman, Founder & CTO, WhiteHat Security, is a world-renowned Web security expert. A co-founder of the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC), he was named to InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs in 2007 and is often quoted in major publications such as SC Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. He has authored dozens of articles and whitepapers, is credited with the discovery of many cutting-edge attack and defensive techniques, and is a co-author of “XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense.” Grossman is also an influential blogger who offers insight and encourages open dialogue regarding research and vulnerability trends. Prior to WhiteHat, Grossman was an information security officer at Yahoo!, responsible for performing security reviews on the Company's hundreds of websites.
The hype surrounding AJAX and security risks is hard to miss. Supposedly,
this hot new technology responsible for compelling web-based applications
like Gmail and Google Maps harbors a dark secret that opens the door to
malicious hackers. Not exactly true. Even the most experienced Web
application developers and security experts have a difficult time cutting
through the buzzword banter to find the facts. And, the fact is most websites
are insecure, but AJAX is not the culprit. Although AJAX does not make
websites any less secure, it’s important to understand what does.
AJAX is a combination of web browser technologies that allows web page
content to be updated “on-the-fly” without the user moving from page to
page. In the background of an AJAX-enabled web page, data (typ... (more)
Jeremiah Grossman, Founder & CTO, WhiteHat Security, is a world-renowned Web security expert. A co-founder of the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC), he was named to InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs in 2007 and is often quoted in major publications such as SC Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. He has authored dozens of articles and whitepapers, is credited with the discovery of many cutting-edge attack and defensive techniques, and is a co-author of “XSS Attacks: Cross Site Scripting Exploits and Defense.” Grossman is also an influential blogger who offers insight and encourages open dialogue regarding research and vulnerability trends. Prior to WhiteHat, Grossman was an information security officer at Yahoo!, responsible for performing security reviews on the Company's hundreds of websites.
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