WWhiteHat Security - Technical and Logical Vulnerabilities

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Technology Alone cannot Defeat Website Attacks: Understanding Technical vs. Logical Vulnerabilities :: June 2007 ::

On November 11th, 2003, the chess-playing machine X3D Fritz tied grandmaster and former world champion Garry Kasparov in a four-game match. In this classic contest of Man vs. Machine, X3D Fritz performed so impressively that the game was heralded as a victory for artificial intelligence. X3D Fritz’s powerful play was achieved by calculating millions of moves per second accompanied by gigabytes of stored positions. Each time Kasparov moved a chess piece, X3D Fritz would analyze the board by drawing upon its vast knowledge base to select the best possible move. So what do chess, the world’s most dominant computer chess machine, and Garry Kasparov have to do with website security? Download Whitepaper ›››

About the Author ::
Jeremiah Grossman is the founder and CTO of WhiteHat Security. Mr. Grossman is a world-renowned expert in Web security, co-founder of the Web Application Security Consortium, and recently named to InfoWorld's Top 25 CTOs for 2007. He has authored dozens of articles and white papers, is credited with the discovery of many cutting-edge attack and defensive techniques, and co-author of the recently published book, Cross-Site Scripting Attacks. Mr. Grossman is frequently quoted in business and technology publications such as InfoWorld, USA Today, PC World, Dark Reading, SC Magazine, SecurityFocus, C-Net, CSO Magazine, and InformationWeek.