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Sure mashups are fun, but are they secure?


By Robert Mullins
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March 14, 2008 —  IBM hopes to make mashups as useful for enterprises as they are fun for consumers by offering a new tool and releasing the code to the OpenAjax Alliance.

IBM Research introduced SMash yesterday, which allows different data sources to talk to each other, but keeps the data and sources separate, leaving malicious code out of enterprise systems.

Mashups have gained popularity on the Web as a way for people to post creative collages—funny videos, for instance, of a song coupled with comical images. But mashups also have gained a foothold in enterprises, combining information from Web sites, enterprise databases and e-mails to create a single Web-based presentation.

A February report from IBM’s X-Force Security Team  noted a rise in the sophistication of cyber attacks through Web browsers, enabling criminals to obtain the end user’s identity and control the computer without their knowledge.

“When attackers invade an enterprise machine, they could steal sensitive company information or use the compromised machine to gain access to other corporate assets behind the firewall,” IBM stated in as part of its announcement.

SMash secures mashups by keeping code and data from each of the sources separate, while controlling data sharing among them through a secure communication channel. It is based on AJAX, which is used to create rich Internet applications; IBM is a founding member of the OpenAjax Alliance.

SMash will be incorporated into select WebSphere products and in Lotus Mashups, IBM’s first commercial product for making enterprise mashups, which is due this summer.




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