IBM cracks Web 2.0 security concerns with
"SMash".
IBM recently announced new technology to secure
"mashups," Web applications that pull information from
multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases or e-mails, to
create one unified view. Mashups are attractive for business use, as
they allow non-technical users to gain insight on complex situations in
minutes, but as with all Web-based initiatives, security has been a
concern.
IBM is helping businesses realize the value of these situational
applications without all the risk through a new technology, created by
IBM researchers, codenamed "SMash." Short for Secure Mashup,
this technology allows information from different sources to talk to
each other, but keeps them separate so malicious code cannot creep into
enterprise systems.
In order to give consumer and business users the opportunity to
take advantage of mashup technology, IBM is contributing the SMash
technology to the OpenAjax Alliance. The OpenAjax Alliance is an
organization of vendors, open-source projects and companies using Ajax
that are dedicated to the successful adoption of open and interoperable
Ajax-based Web technologies. A founding member of the OpenAjax Alliance,
IBM continues to work with the industry to create standards that will
support innovation and widespread adoption of Web 2.0 technologies.
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