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Really have to disagree. You start on a false premise that almost every device is connected to the internet. In banking, insurance, governmental, education and
by eliasmacpherson 13y ago
Really have to disagree. You start on a false premise that almost every device is connected to the internet.
In banking, insurance, governmental, education and medical spheres, there are hard privacy and secrecy requirements. Same goes for military - look what happens when they slip up. If you want to think about it - what percentage of the economy do these interests represent? I would say a large portion. So to my mind a large portion of the economy has a data security requirement that don't seem to be met by web apps.
In the consumer sphere, sure you can replace some programs with javascript, but can you see apple employee's using google docs at work? Why is that?
Also in corporate networks, they may be connected but through a proxy - which would reduce the attack surface.
There are air gaps and network gaps for data security. So your conclusion is based on a false premise.
- grey-area 13y agoIf you're relying on air-gaps or proxies for security, the same applies to web apps, so I don't think this advances your argument that native apps are more secure than web apps - Intranets can host web apps too. Apologies for side-tracking you with this irrelevant argument about connection to the internet - I was thinking of mobile devices specifically, which are almost all exposed directly, but you're right, there is a whole class of apps/devices which are deliberately kept off the public internet.
- eliasmacpherson 13y agohttp://fcw.com/articles/2013/03/18/amazon-cia-cloud.aspx http://fcw.com/articles/2013/03/18/amazon-cia-cloud.aspx I can see how these intranet apps can be secure, but not when on the internet. When I hear web app, I think internet. You're right that there's no real reason why an intranet app can't be secure.