In today’s enterprise environments, many applications continue to rely on outdated or weak SSL/TLS cipher configurations that expose systems to downgrade attacks, data interception, and compliance violations. These weaknesses often persist due to legacy dependencies, lack of visibility, or concerns about breaking application functionality. As attackers increasingly exploit cryptographic misconfigurations, securing transport-layer communication has become a critical component of application security.

This talk explores a practical, real-world approach to identifying and disabling weak SSL and TLS ciphers while maintaining application availability using Web application Firewall. It explains how insecure cipher suites are introduced into production environments, how to assess their risk, and how to apply modern encryption standards aligned with industry best practices. The session also highlights how cipher hardening supports vulnerability management programs and strengthens overall security posture.

Key discussion points will include:
Understanding Weak SSL/TLS Ciphers – How outdated cipher suites weaken encryption and create attack opportunities.
Identifying Insecure Cipher Configurations – Practical methods to detect weak ciphers in enterprise applications.
Applying Secure Cipher Standards – How to safely disable weak ciphers in WAF and enforce strong encryption without disrupting services.
Validating Secure Communication – Techniques to verify successful hardening and ensure compatibility with modern clients.
Cipher Hardening in Vulnerability Management – How SSL/TLS improvements reduce risk, audit findings, and compliance gaps.

The session focuses on real-world lessons learned from securing production applications and addresses common challenges organizations face when modernizing cryptographic configurations. Attendees will gain clear, actionable guidance on improving application security through effective SSL/TLS hardening.

Strengthening encryption is not just a configuration change—it is a foundational step toward reducing application attack surface and improving long-term security resilience. This session provides practical insight into making SSL/TLS security a reliable and sustainable part of enterprise application defense.

A practical approach to hardening application security by removing insecure SSL/TLS ciphers.