Third-party Apps: the Blind Spots of Website Security

Application Security VS. Third-party Risk

**This article was originally published by LOGON’s partner Reflectiz. To know more about Reflectiz, please click HERE to their blog section.

Third-party code security

App-sec tools mostly validate the security level of your own developers’ code. BUT which tools check the security of your vendors’ integrated components or opensource code?

On-going Monitoring

Regular app testing tools review the security level at test day. BUT can you detect code changes or breaches that occur afterwards?

Business logic alerts

Typical app testing refers to OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities and risks. BUT can you detect business logic driven and behavior changes?

The Unexpected Security Blind Spot

Actual vendors rating

Third-party tools provide risk level scoring of your vendors. BUT how can you rate the risk, with no linkage to the actual actions of each vendor?

Data extraction

Questioners verify vendors’ data types and security levels. BUT do you know which information your vendors extract and where the data goes?

Discover web vendors

Vendors’ inventory is critical and generated by third-party tools. BUT can you automatically discover your unknown web-vendors and 4th parties?

Resolving the Blind-Spot: Ongoing Risk Mitigation

Meet the first Website-Sandbox and cover your third-party blindness

Reflectiz performs a continuous non-intrusive behavioral analysis to resolve your security and privacy blind spots and ensures your website remains fully protected against third-party threats.

Integrated third-parties are integral parts of any website today. But from a practical cybersecurity standpoint, they remain a blind-spot. On the one hand, application security tools are focused on website protection and are aimed at creating security processes for the organization. On the other hand, third-party risk solutions only score vendors and rate the risk level while engaging a vendor and thereafter. The bottom line is a significant security blind-spot.

Reflectiz connects the dots, enabling fundamental vendor application security controls for your website. Our unique solution allows both vital business activities as well as essential security controls. This all comes with the easiest kickstart, with no production changes and no installation demands.