SQLIGUARD-WEB APPLICATION SECURITY MONITORING AND ATTACK DETECTION PLATFORM

Abstract

SQL injection (SQLi) is a significant web application security threat that occurs when untrusted input is improperly incorporated into database queries. A successful SQL injection attack can potentially expose, modify, or delete sensitive information and may affect the integrity and availability of an application. Therefore, continuous monitoring and early detection of suspicious database-related activity are important for protecting web applications and their underlying data. SQLiGuard is a web application security monitoring and attack detection platform designed to identify suspicious SQL injection-related activity in an authorized application environment. The platform monitors application requests, security events, and database-related indicators and analyzes them using predefined detection rules and security patterns. The objective is to identify potentially malicious behavior without requiring the system to perform harmful exploitation. The platform processes incoming security events and identifies indicators that may be associated with SQL injection attempts. Detected events can be categorized according to severity and correlated with information such as source, affected endpoint, timestamp, request characteristics, and application context. A risk assessment component helps security teams prioritize events that require immediate investigation. SQLiGuard provides a centralized dashboard that displays detected events, risk levels, affected endpoints, attack trends, and monitoring statistics. The system can maintain historical security logs and generate structured reports containing detected events, severity classifications, affected resources, and recommended defensive actions. This allows administrators to monitor application security and identify recurring suspicious patterns. The primary objective of SQLiGuard is to improve the visibility and response capability of web application security teams. By combining request monitoring, SQL injection pattern detection, event correlation, risk assessment, alerting, visualization, and reporting, the platform provides a structured defensive security workflow. The system is intended for authorized application monitoring, cybersecurity education, security operations, and defensive web application security assessment.