Earlier, I wrote a piece called Helping Small Businesses Choose Between On-Demand and On-Premise Software and it talks about the many aspects of either having your applications on the internet or in your own company premise.
Now I've just seen a piece at CRN , that talks about the growing
number of bugs and vulnerabilities on Web applications. It's alarming to learn that the SANS Institute's latest @RISK bulletin has reported more than 60 new security loopholes in various Web services. That is a frightening assumption as it even outnumbers the bugs in the Windows OS. Looks like we all have to give online application delivery due consideration as we don't want security breaches negating the benefits of having services mainly online.
Last week, more than 60 new Web application vulnerabilities were found, according to the SANS Institute's latest @RISK bulletin. Compare that to the number of vulnerabilities found last week in Windows (2), Mac OS (2), and Linux (3), Internet Explorer (2), third party Windows apps (9), or cross-platform apps (16). "Web applications tend to be written less tightly than other applications," says Alan Paller, director of research for computer security organization at the SANS Institute, though he notes that Google's code review processes is probably more rigorous than that of an average online startup. Google's apps are not among those listed in @RISK as being vulnerable.
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