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Paragon Initiative Enterprises

Paragon Initiative Enterprises is a Florida-based company that provides software consulting, application development, code auditing, and security engineering services. We specialize in PHP Security and applied cryptography.


Common Uses for Cryptographically Secure Random Numbers

Some useful things that can be built with a CSPRNG.


How to Securely Generate Random Strings and Integers in PHP

A lesson on cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators in PHP, and how to generate random integers and strings from a high quality entropy source like /dev/urandom to generate secure random passwords in PHP.


On Estimating the Impact of a Software Vulnerability

What is the potential impact of a given vulnerability? This isn't easy to answer.


Everything You Need to Know About Preventing Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in PHP

Although Cross-Site Scripting is one of the most common vulnerabilities on the Internet, it remains an unsolved problem (unlike SQL Injection).


Securing Your Business's Online Presence - A Guide For Non-Experts

There are a lot of ways having an online presence can be used against you, and the most basic security decisions are not technical.


Quantifying Popularity in Real-Time for High-Volume Websites, Part 1

The first in a two-part series. We establish a mathematical definition for popularity within a given dataset and build some abuse resistance into the algorithm design.


Preventing SQL Injection in PHP Applications - the Easy and Definitive Guide

It's 2015; there's no excuse for writing code vulnerable to SQL Injection any more


If You're Typing the Word MCRYPT Into Your PHP Code, You're Doing It Wrong

Alternative title: "Libmcrypt considered harmful." You should use libsodium if you can, or OpenSSL if you can't.


How to Teach Yourself Application Security

We're maintaining a curated appsec reading list on Github -- check it out.


Using Encryption and Authentication Correctly (for PHP developers)

A developer's short guide to encryption, authentication, and authenticated encryption with examples in PHP


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