Avoiding a Single Point of Failure

On January 13, 2025

Avoiding a single point of failure (SPOF) is crucial in system design to ensure reliability and resilience. There are several risks in having a single an SPOF: The risk of having SPOF is also valid when you are using SAS components. To mitigate these risks, organizations should: By applying these strategies, organizations can enhance their […]

E.T. Phone Home

On September 3, 2024

Today people got addicted to cloud services including cloud licensing models. Most software vendors offer their software in a Software As a Service (SAS) model which means that the software that is running locally has to “phone home” (i.e. connect to the vendor’s servers) in order to work. This “E.T. Phone Home” model is great […]

Automatic Software Updates

On August 1, 2024

Organizations often enable automatic software updates for several reasons: However, there are also risks associated with automatic software updates: To mitigate these risks, organizations must take control over this process and should implement strategies such as: Balancing the benefits of automatic software upgrades with these potential risks is crucial for organizations to ensure the security, […]