Websense Reveals 2007 Security Threat Predictions

Web 2.0 Areas of Concern:

 * User-Created Content: As mentioned in 2006, by empowering end-users with creative, dynamic, content control, increased security problems will result.

 * Social Networks: The large population of users and ability to link users through profiles and networks will lead to more security issues within these communities. Entertainment social networks are not the only targets; there are several business networks of users linking for employment recruiting, business development, and other business-related reasons that face the same threats.

 * Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services: The Web as a platform is finally here. The advent of ‘mashing’ Web services and linking several properties together will lead to increased security issues, as cross-domain security issues can affect all links in the chain.

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Gary E. Smith
SOA Security Architect