Security analysis and recommendations: Web application and systems vulnerabilities

Handling sensitive data is the most crucial part of an organization's business operation. There have been incidents where companies have been sued for liabilities and experienced bankruptcy for mishandling sensitive data and being unable to secure application and network systems. Thus, organizations are prompted to implement the best procedures or routines for storing sensitive data in a highly secure environment. Hence, the standard practices of requirements to exert integrity on sensitive data, organizations enforce risk management processes to preserve and ensure secure data flows and information exchanges. This paper will explore and review some of the countermeasures and models that assist organizations in identifying web-based application and systems vulnerabilities and provide solutions to mitigate security risks within the information systems architecture.