Security To Headline AJAXWorld Conference & Expo
February 28, 2007 |
Trying desperately not to mind the disarray on Web 2.0 Journal’s website, created by an immense number of windows and ads (the visual antithesis of Web 2.0), I read up on some news you might be interested in. It concerns security in the age of Ajax, and it has much to do with what will be covered by a myriad of industry heavyweights at the AJAXWorld Conference & Expo, running March 19-21 in New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel.
Who’ll be shining the spotlight on the holes present in the seam made between JavaScript and XML? Why, Dan Cornell of Denim Group, of course.
I’m with you. I don’t know who he is either. But apparently the guy’s got one heck of a cranium filled with all sorts of good advice on Web 2.0 security. Known for Sprajax, an open source black box scanner built to test the grit of Ajax applications, Cornell will spend his time at AJAXWorld delving into frameworks, pointing out vulnerabilities – generally helping guide developers around the great number of pitfalls encountered in the progression of AJAX. Remedies; patchwork; prevention. The works.
It’s entirely realistic to bring up security as a focal point in AJAX development, even with the public having spent just a few years experimenting with it.
As more businesses incorporate AJAX technology, security is imperative to get right. 100% risk-free software isn’t realistically attainable. Both whitehatters and blackhatters continually find back doors unlocked, allowing entry into even some of the most heavily guarded applications in the world. As AJAX is still a youthful mix of powers, the chance of a breach of new sites incorporating the blend is still rather high.
Any decrease in the likelihood of successful attacks will happen with an increase in the knowledge instilled in folks at events such as AJAXWorld.
About AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2007
Organized by AJAXWorld Magazine and Web 2.0 Journal (Is there a single difference between the two?), AJAXWorld Conference & Expo is a gathering of “over 1,000 developers, architects, IT managers, and software professionals of every stripe.” Over 100 speakers are expected to disseminate know-how to audiences about everything from Enterprise-level AJAX to offline AJAX applications to Google’s Web Toolkit. Intriguing debates are expected to be had, and many demonstrations and developer sessions with the latest code will be shown and played and grappled with.
If you’re an influential in the AJAX sector or are simply passionate about everything to do with Web 2.0, how it’s changing technology, and you want to know how best to adapt to the changing online world, get yourself in to NYC, or tune into the news that’ll be coming out of the conferences and demos at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City between March 19 and 21.
