According to a new report from data security company Impreva, web applications experience on average twenty seven attacks per hour, or approximately one attack every two minutes. The Imperva 2011 Web Application Attack Report offers insight into malicious web app attack traffic in the period between December 2010 and May 2011.
The data security company monitored and categorized more than 10 million individual attacks across the internet, including attacks targeting thirty different enterprise and government web apps. The report outlines the frequency, type and geography of origin of each attack to help security professionals better prioritize vulnerability remediation.
“Most security research focuses on vulnerabilities, and while this insight is extremely valuable, it doesn’t always help businesses prioritize their security efforts,” Amichai Shulman, lead researcher and Imperva CTO said in a statement. “Take a Read more…