Cover; Part I: Preparing the Battle Space; Chapter 1: Application Fortification; Recipe 1-1: Real-time Application Profiling; Recipe 1-2: Preventing Data Manipulation with Cryptographic Hash Tokens; Recipe 1-3: Installing the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set (CRS); Recipe 1-4: Integrating Intrusion Detection System Signatures; Recipe 1-5: Using Bayesian Attack Payload Detection; HTTP Audit Logging; Recipe 1-6: Enable Full HTTP Audit Logging; Recipe 1-7: Logging Only Relevant Transactions; Recipe 1-9: Obscuring Sensitive Data in Logs
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Recipe 1-10: Sending Alerts to a Central Log Host Using SyslogRecipe 1-11: Using the ModSecurity AuditConsole; Recipe 1-8: Ignoring Requests for Static Content; Chapter 2: Vulnerability Identification and Remediation; Internally Developed Applications; Externally Developed Applications; Virtual Patching; Recipe 2-1: Passive Vulnerability Identification; Active Vulnerability Identification; Recipe 2-2: Active Vulnerability Identification; Manual Vulnerability Remediation; Recipe 2-3: Manual Scan Result Conversion; Recipe 2-4: Automated Scan Result Conversion
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