Under the SaaS Model to Explore the Information Security
Shuo Ren · Computer Knowledge and Technology · 2009
SaaS (Software as a Service) is a kind of application service which is provided via the Internet,and customers can order their peculiar types of software application services from the SaaS provider via the Internet according to their actual needs, and they can also recieve the service from the SaaS provider via the Internet.The SaaS modelsubverted completely the delivery methods and operation model of the traditional software, what's more it also relieved the small and medium enterprises of the enormous cost of the investment spent in buying, building and maintaining the infrastructure and applications. The only flaw in an otherwise perfect thing is that there will be relately greater security risk in the application of this technology, such as in terms of reliability, stability, security and so on, especially when financial data security and privacy are concerned. SaaS paper first analyzes the characteristics and shortcomings, and proposes several methods to enhance information security under SaaS model.