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Component integration

Component integration

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Component integration

- The phrase a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, definitely applies to integration points between the various components within your app, and app infrastructure. That's why a CSSOP focuses on not just the app, but on how to securely integrate the underlying components as well. The core concept that will help you both harden and stabilize these integration points is Systems-Of-Systems or SOS Integration. When you step back and look at your app holistically, it should become clear that this thing you call an app is actually a collection of multiple unique systems that were designed to function independently of one another. At the same time, each system is designed to integrate with other systems to create functionality that goes above and beyond when any one system can do on its own. When this works, the result is a more robust, more resilient, application. When any one system fails though, the larger system…

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