Application Security Tools
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This presentation is part of one of talk, I gave in Microsoft .NET Bootcamp. The contents are slightly edited to share the information in public domain. In this presentation, I tried to cover Application Security Tools that can be helpful for analyzing security threats as well as putting up some defense . This presentation will be useful for software architects/Managers,developers and QAs. Do share your feedback in comments.
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The OWASP Top 10 & AppSec Primer
By Matt Scheurer (@c3rkah)
Dayton, Ohio
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