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Hosted Applications and Security or Lack there Of
From: gbugbear at gmail.com (Bugbear)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:25:00 -0500
thank you both interesting comments! 2008/11/3 Paul Asadoorian <paul at pauldotcom.com>
Just a quick thought, sometimes its better to have a third party host something if you do not have the proper resources internally to support it. For example, if you know what internal staff will not be able to maintain a web application, or if they do it will have a good probability that it will be vulnerable, then you may consider having someone else do the maintenance. Now, if that web app is vital to your organization and contains the secrets to your business, then go seek out and fund the proper resources :) Cheers, Paul Bugbear wrote:Good Morning Everyone, I had an interesting discussion with my boss yesterday over a really great lunch and I decided to post it up here to see what dialog comes out of it. We certainly have come a long way from a service provider just providing a Virtual Web Server for our Corporate Web Page. Seems like everyone now is selling a "hosted" solution. There is Anti-Spam Services, Message Archiving, HRS Databases, Online Collaboration, Expense Reporting, DR Services, etc... Every time I see such a request or project plan in my Company for a service such as these I get a twitch in my left eye and have a sudden urge to smoke. In most instances I would prefer to have the apps in house but the reality of being a mid-sized R&D company with no products yet and limited resources sets in quickly. What is everyone doing at work? Do you try to keep things in house? Maybe based on the nature of the data (i.e. Hosted website offering up generic info on Company is a lot different than a HR Database being out there)? What does everyone look for when evaluating a host (i.e. SAS 70, other independent audit reports, pens tests, site visits, etc...)? Fire away I am very interested in every ones opinion! Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com-- Paul Asadoorian PaulDotCom Enterprises Web: http://pauldotcom.com Phone: 401.829.9552 _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom at mail.pauldotcom.com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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