Web-based consoles are widely adopted by management software and smart devices to provide interactive data visualization and user-friendly configuration. This is gaining momentum as enterprises’ computer systems become more complex and more modern internet of things (IoT) devices are used at home. These web applications are usually located in internal environments or private networks protected by firewalls. Therefore, they usually have a high trust level for visitors. They typically assume all visitors are authorized and thus expose sensitive information or provide administrator privileges without strong application-level protection.
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Source: Palo Alto