{"id":3585,"date":"2013-02-21T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2013-02-21T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T15:00:04","slug":"java-frameworks-simplified-development-but-are-there-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/java-frameworks-simplified-development-but-are-there-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Frameworks: Simplified Development, but are there Risks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Improper use of programming languages and their associated frameworks can lead to security issues in applications.<\/p>\n

A report from CAST Research Labs<\/a> called CRASH \u00a0(CAST Research on Application Software Health) compared Java open-source frameworks and tried to identify and rank them based on their reliability and security.<\/p>\n

Jay Sapiddi, vice president of CAST Research Labs, said that<\/a> “CIOs can no longer afford to be in the dark about their IT team\u2019s choice of programming language and tools, because those decisions have a material impact on the business… \u00a0IT leaders should double check their choice of framework, how they mix languages, and how they enforce architectural integrity. Frameworks boost developer productivity, but they can also heighten risk and reduce quality.”<\/p>\n

The report found that “a large majority of applications analyzed had some level of misconfiguration, indicating the need for better training or to simplify the use of frameworks. The research also found that application quality is affected when organizations mix multiple programming languages in a single system.”<\/p>\n

The report found that:<\/p>\n