Project description
Making websites safer for everyone
Open-source code and plugins (used as pre-existing building blocks) have made it easier, faster and cheaper to build websites. It has facilitated everything from small personal blogs to large media outlets and business web pages. However, the use of open-source code makes websites vulnerable to hackers, posing a major risk in terms of security. The EU-funded PROWEB project is working to solve this problem. It has created a solution that combines independent security researchers with automated virtual patching technology. The aim is to provide effective protection against open-source code vulnerabilities.
Objective
The modern way of creating websites relies on using open-source code and plugins that are used as “pre-existing building blocks”. This has made building websites much faster and cheaper. It is the reason why this approach is now being used for creating everything from small personal blogs to large media outlets and web pages of Fortune 500 companies.
However, using open-source code introduces a major risk as the security of the website can be compromised. With parts of code originating from a wide variety of different sources, it is very complicated to check all this content and make sure the sites cannot be penetrated by hackers.
To solve this problem, we have created a novel solution that combines the independent security researchers’ with our automated virtual patching technology. This way we know about the security vulnerabilities first and can provide the most effective protection against open-source code vulnerabilities. Thus making the web safer for everybody.
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended FinanceCoordinator
80011 PARNU
Estonia
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.