Security Solutions Find Greater Dependence on Open Source
January 16, 2013
Information technology security is always on the top of the list in terms of priorities. Increasingly, open source is playing a larger role in developing security solutions. Open source brings lots of good things to the table including agility, creativity, and cost effectiveness. The article, “Risk I/O Lowers Risk by Raising IT Security Intelligence,” discusses how Risk I/O is building security on top of an open source foundation.
The article gets to the point with Risk I/O’s utilization of Apache Solr:
“According to Bellis, the Risk I/O platform uses the open source Ruby on Rails framework on the front end, as well as the open source Apache Solr search technology. Risk I/O’s prioritization and predictive analytics capabilities are proprietary technologies. From a security perspective, all of the data used on the platform is encrypted both while at rest and while in motion.”
Open source not only contributes to security solutions themselves, but also increases the security advantage of any software solution built on open source. Another open source software offering is LucidWorks, also built on Apache Solr. LucidWorks specializes in enterprise search technology, with a new LucidWorks Big Data suite devoted to the emerging Big Data phenomenon. LucidWorks is worth a look for a secure and cost effective enterprise search solution.
Emily Rae Aldridge, January 16, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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