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Web 2.0: next-generation web threats

Author: Fran Howarth| Date: 03 Jan. 2008| Tags:  Web 2.0, Web security
Web 2.0: next-generation web threats
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Web 2.0 technologies have much application for businesses, but they also bring with them heightened levels of security risk.
 
Web 2.0 technologies form the basis of the next generation of web-based applications. They allow web applications to be developed that are more functionally rich and responsive than the typically static pages of traditional web technologies.
 
They also enable content to be generated and shared in real time, with end-users commonly able to add content to applications themselves.

This means that Web 2.0 technologies promote open communications and give users the freedom to share ideas and opinions.

Companies are using Web 2.0 technologies to communicate with customers, business partners and potential employees, allowing them to achieve the goal of true real-time collaboration among these parties.

This can increase productivity and provides companies with a way to more easily promote their products. In particular, the creation of online communities and blogs or wikis to initiate conversations and share knowledge is proving to be particularly interesting to companies.

But new technologies often bring new security challenges-and Web 2.0 technologies are no exception. On the one hand, the underlying technologies used actually raise the risk of web-based attacks whilst, on the other, the way that users interact with Web 2.0 applications increases the risk that sensitive information will be misappropriated

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