PENTESYS POINT OF VIEW · WEB RISK · 11 min read
Part of Expose insights →Modern web risk lives between code, identity and cloud configuration
Pentesys analysis of the connected weaknesses that create practical attack paths across modern applications.
The most consequential application failures are often combinations: an exposed endpoint, weak authorisation, over-privileged identity and sensitive cloud data. Testing each component in isolation misses the route between them.
The boundary has dissolved
Modern applications depend on APIs, identity providers, third-party services and cloud-native infrastructure. Their security boundary is the relationship between those parts, not only the code delivered to a browser.
Business logic resists automation
Scanners can identify known patterns, but they cannot reliably understand who should be allowed to perform a transaction, how workflows can be abused or which data combinations create harm.
Continuous discovery plus targeted proof
Expose identifies exposed components and changes. Validate then applies human investigation to important applications and APIs, checking authorisation, workflow abuse and chained attack pathsi in context.
Turn the analysis into action.
- Map application dependencies and public APIs, not only primary domains
- Test authorisation and workflows from multiple user roles
- Reassess after identity, cloud or integration changes
This Pentesys Point of View article has been newly structured for this site from themes in our earlier published analysis. It presents our current position rather than reproducing the original article.
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