Paul Wilders
March 28th, 2002, 08:25 AM
-{ Quote: "The hype surrounding Web services has reached crescendo proportions. That's not surprising given how eager some big information-technology companies are to find some sort of recurring, high-margin business in a down tech economy.
But in their rush, an important data security issue is being ignored: confidential information is vulnerable to malicious employees or hackers because customer data, which gets stored in applications or databases operated by the Web services provider, still exist in clear or unencrypted form.
Is the threat farfetched? Not at all.
At AOL, an employee offered to trade internal customer information to a hacker for a $700 Barney's pearl necklace..." }-
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www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7111979,00.html
But in their rush, an important data security issue is being ignored: confidential information is vulnerable to malicious employees or hackers because customer data, which gets stored in applications or databases operated by the Web services provider, still exist in clear or unencrypted form.
Is the threat farfetched? Not at all.
At AOL, an employee offered to trade internal customer information to a hacker for a $700 Barney's pearl necklace..." }-
Read the full article:
www.anchordesk.co.uk/anchordesk/commentary/columns/0,2415,7111979,00.html