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The recent Intuit blackout in its San Diego servers should be a warning to small business operators who rely on web-based services as supposedly secure.
While encryption may provide security of online content, transmission security is lacking as on each computer through which data flows, there is another opportunity for diverted data. On diversion, a copy could be made and sensitive business data might never may it to its intended recipient.
With web-based SaaS (Software as a service), there is always a danger of data disruption. Survivable small businesses need to have a backup procedure, or a denial of service may shut businesses down that depend on online credit facilities, online transaction recording and the like.
The recent Intuit blackout in its San Diego servers should be a warning to small business operators who rely on web-based services as supposedly secure.
While encryption may provide security of online content, transmission security is lacking as on each computer through which data flows, there is another opportunity for diverted data. On diversion, a copy could be made and sensitive business data might never may it to its intended recipient.
With web-based SaaS (Software as a service), there is always a danger of data disruption. Survivable small businesses need to have a backup procedure, or a denial of service may shut businesses down that depend on online credit facilities, online transaction recording and the like.