I work in the financial industry as a developer and not that the financial industry has any greater implementation of XML than any other, but web applications that utilize back office processing for loan applications, or new account opening processes, or retail internet banking applications all to some extent make calls to a host. Many times it’s a DB2 database, and many times some other process that returns account information or validation information in xml format.
How bad guys hack into websites using SQL Injection
SQL injections are one of the most common vulnerability around the internet today. There are literally thousands of vulnerable websites around. This article explains how these attacks work.
Web Servers and Firewall Zones
If you have, or are planning to have web servers connected to your network, you will need to consider the security implications