Web 2.0 Security
- Towards establishing a secure Web 2.0 environment -
Naohiko Uramoto
Manager, Service-oriented Computing
IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Sachiko Yoshihama
Researcher, Security & Privacy
IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Satoshi Makino
Researcher, Service-oriented Computing
IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory
IBM Japan, Ltd.
Web 2.0 Technology including Ajax and Mashup is a new trend for Web Applications. Where rapid adaptation is required in fast moving markets and business models, the concept of Web 2.0 supporting the composition (mashup) of components or APIs is now gaining momentum at enterprises.
Security plays an important role in realizing an enterprise-level quality Web 2.0 environment. In this article, we introduce some security problems of Web 2.0 applications and their countermeasures, and describe IBM's activities in this area.