Top 5 Security Issues Solved with Adobe ColdFusion 2018

Adobe has found and addressed these top 5 major security issues moving towards the commercial release of ColdFusion 2018. Since these issues have been properly dealt with, you can rest easy when transitioning into Adobe ColdFusion’s latest version.

“Hardware is easy to protect: lock it in a room, chain it to a desk, or buy a spare. Information poses more of a problem. It can exist in more than one place; be transported halfway across the planet in seconds; and be stolen without your knowledge.”

– Bruce Schneier, Security Author
Educate users of the threats posed by hypertext links contained in emails or attachments especially from untrusted sources.
Apply the Principle of Least Privilege to all systems and services.
Best Practices to Prevent Security Issues
Fortunately for developers, there are ways to prevent these types of acts along with Adobe’s remedy releases. By following best practices, you can minimize initial attacks.

Here are 8 Best Practices you should deploy when securing your ColdFusion platform:

Understand Basic ColdFusion
This sounds like a no-brainer, but failure to understand your platform can lead to gross amounts of human error. Human error can lead to an obscene degree of improper coding and that carries over to security concerns as well.
Write in Security
By writing secure code and implementing security in the design, you can minimize the amount of attacks. However, if the attack does occur and extra level of cryptography or security will minimize the effects of the attack.
Ensure your Security
Be careful to maintain proper code design. When coding is complete, be sure to use proper security testing to make sure your system is as secure as you believe it is.
Secure Deployment
Along with proper testing, use security tools that will further hamper malicious attacks on your software. Sometimes, an extra layer of security will do the trick.
Verify Code Compliance
Compliances are set for a reason. Make sure your codes are up to snuff when publishing to catch easily preventable attacks.
Train Yourself and Your Team
Cybersecurity is an ever-changing battlefield. Stay up-to-date on current threats and the countermeasures for them. Continue to train yourself and your team for the current standards for program developing.
Update your Platform
When ColdFusion releases new security updates…UPDATE. Many web app attacks could have been easily prevented by keeping your platform updated. No need to undergo a full security troubleshoot due to simple complacency. Stay vigilant with your security updates.
Backup regularly
Be sure to perform regular backups of your OS and Databases