Securing Web Apps: Build Then Patch or Rebuild From Scratch?

By Jack M. Germain
TechNewsWorld

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In the early days of business computing, data was shipped from corporate locations to a central server. To spare enterprises the hands-on control of the process, third-party service providers handled the freight. Today, that same business model for massive off-site data storage and application delivery has a more nebulous name: cloud computing.

A new name, larger server farms, often unknown locations of the so-called clouds — the process is almost like online banking, where you never actually visit a physical location to check on your deposits and make hands-on cash withdrawals.

Cloud computing entails more than mere long-distance data storage, however. It also involves the use of Web-based applications Take the worry out of managing your enterprise applications. Click to learn how. that come from someplace beyond a corporate server. Cloud computing, in addition, can carry with it a security risk.

For the cloud customer, it’s often been understood that the service provider and the application developers take care of safeguarding customers’ data. However, too many major data breach disclosures in recent years have fueled worries about data security.

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