You don't have to be a chief information officer to realize that security is
becoming a corporate concern as more business is transacted on the Web.
The mounting fears are well founded. Web attacks are growing in
sophistication. Data is flowing faster and to more applications and more
users. New Web development models, such as Web 2.0 and AJAX, are appearing.
Web applications and the business processes they support are becoming more
diverse and complex. A slight vulnerability in a Web application that is
exploited one day can expose a million records the next. As these
vulnerabilities spin out of control, the potential negative impact to a
business is immense.
Introduce a new level of sophistication into the IT infrastructure -
service-oriented architecture (SOA) - and ... (more)