Hardening Application Code From Attacks

Application Protection

Software applications are ubiquitous, being deployed today in multiple nodes in virtually borderless environments that are unprotected and untrusted.  Hackers target applications to discover and bypass business or security logic to gain unauthorized access, steal intellectual property (IP), or insert malware. 

As attacks move up the stack to target applications and hackers compromise this layer, protections must follow suit with a multi-tiered security policy.  Code integrity is the last line of defense against hackers. 

Some of the most vulnerable application code includes:

• Java, .NET or native desktop applications that are distributed
• Web Applications with Rich Internet Applications (RIA) containing client side logic
• Web applications with server side business logic
• Remote branches with thick clients

Application Monitoring and Hardening
Application security controls are applied with monitoring and/or hardening technology to verify application integrity, and detect tampering from internal and external threats in real-time.

Arxan’s technology secures applications by hardening applications to attack at the most elemental level, the binaries themselves.  We protect and track the program executable wherever it goes, independent of server, virtual machine or mobile computing node location, because our security is embedded into the code

Our application hardening solutions protect critical intellectual property, deeply safeguard critical access logic, and ensure that you remain immune against both internal and external threats.

Secure .NET, Java and Native Distributed Applications
Enterprise applications today are largely written in managed languages such as .NET and Java, which are easy to disassemble, decompile and reverse engineer. Added factors such as rich internet application (RIA) development and Web 2.0, plus the constant threat of insider attacks, make safeguarding applications critical. Arxan technology prevents reverse engineering of managed and native software applications, thereby preventing exploits of vulnerabilities and theft of intellectual property.

Defense-in-Depth for Keys
Cryptography is the first line of defense in protecting data against theft and disclosure. However, the security of encryption, authentication and code-signing measures is wholly dependent on the confidentiality of secret keys and integrity of public keys. These assets are also the primary targets of attack by insiders and malware insertions. Arxan technology provides an in-depth defense for keys to secure the cryptography layer and the applications which use them, thereby providing a robust and reliable defense for data and corporate intellectual property.

Hardening Applications Against Malware
Compliance regulations like PCI mandate the use of code scanning tools to find security vulnerabilities in applications. The challenge all development teams face is limited time and resources to validate and fix every issue which the scan uncovers. Additionally, enterprises leveraging third party software such as internet browsers, email applications, word processors and VPN clients are dependent on the vendors for timely security patches. Arxan’s technology works directly on compiled binaries, with no dependence on source, to reliably harden all software against damaging malware and worrisome zero-day exploits.

Protect Web applications
Web Applications with Rich Internet Applications (RIA) containing client side logic
Web applications with server side business logic