Password, Authentication and Web Best Practices

Attacks around authentication are on the rise and are often challenging to mitigate. User management, and especially registration, password management, authentication and password reset have become a target of choice for attackers. A mistake in one of these steps can leave the door open for an attacker and cause disastrous consequences. This white paper will examine how attacks around authentication arise, the challenges associated with them, best practices for defending against them, and how Tenable Web App Scanning can help.