Is outside-in architecture right for your company?

Outside-in architecture connects partners, suppliers and other external parties to a company’s ecosystem. While this design is growing in popularity, does the ability to share information with third parties justify the cost of replacing your current centralized architecture?

Recently, increased competition has led some companies to embrace an emerging IT architecture model that supports information sharing among internal and external parties. Advocates of this “outside-in architecture” approach argue that it will soon become an essential element of business results. Yet this notion meets with resistance from companies that have invested heavily over the years in creating and maintaining a traditional, centralized IT architecture. Their reaction is understandable and it raises the question of whether companies should divert resources toward a new architectural model that has yet to mature and demonstrate its longer-term value to the enterprise.

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Eric Openshaw, Principal, Vice-Chairman of Technology, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Outside-in architecture should be on the CIO’s radar now. The growing need to share information – not just internally, but externally with partners, vendors and clients – is leading companies to think beyond traditional centralized IT architecture models. Indeed, they will likely need to tie multiple, and in some cases thousands, of autonomous entities into a single IT ecosystem where they can move and share data freely.

With this in mind, CIOs should consider experimenting with outside-in architecture to get a better idea of how it could support their company’s strategic goals and, potentially, add value. Perhaps they could implement the model on a small scale in an environment that has many of the characteristics and needs of the larger ecosystems, such as supporting a new product, or as part of a geographic expansion. One of the features/benefits about outside-in architecture is that, unlike centralized architecture which requires a large investment to achieve scale, it can be implemented incrementally. As a result, you can pay – and learn – as you go.

The potential benefits of taking an incremental approach can be formidable, while the cost of failure can remain modest. However, the cost of doing nothing could be high. Competitive pressures are forcing companies in virtually all sectors to expand toward much larger ecosystems of specialized providers. Increasingly, small companies are leveraging this model to expand their scope of services. Large companies are assessing it as a potentially cost-effective alternative to centralized models. The question, then, is likely to change from “if” they will embrace outside-in architecture, to “when” – and for some companies the answer may likely be “now.” 

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Hitting back at hackers: Do two wrongs make a right?

If your organization is hit by a cyber-attack, turning the matter over to the authorities is the appropriate course of action. But, if you’re able to stop the attack yourself by taking out the hacker’s servers, should you hit back at the hackers?

When companies are hit by cyber-attacks, some may feel – with good reason – that they have no recourse other than to strike back. Law enforcement’s response can be lumbering and, currently, there are few options for collaborating with others on cyber-security challenges. Yet, before you try to take out a perpetrator’s servers, consider the risks. Increasingly, attacks are launched from within IT environments of legitimate organizations that may have no idea they’ve been breached. Striking back may help stop an attack in progress, but it also could have unintended consequences. Given these considerations, are there times when hitting back at hackers is the more effective response?

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Kelly Bissell, Principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP

As tempting as it may be to respond to cyber-attacks by disabling the servers from which they are launched, organizations should only hit back at hackers by working through legal channels and with the appropriate law enforcement officials. In fact, the law may soon require nothing less: In 2011, the SEC Division of Corporate Finance issued guidance that, if enacted into law, will require companies to report cyber-attacks to the government.1

Some private sector organizations have expressed concerns that such reporting requirements may lead to their servers being seized as part of an investigation, or lead to brand and reputation issues if news of an attack is made public.

While such concerns are understandable, I believe that the government’s proposed requirements may actually lead to a new public/private partnership that might address the private sector’s concerns and make it possible to address cyber-crime more effectively. Here’s how it could work: The private sector, working with law enforcement, could establish a clearing house that aggregates information on the cyber threats that companies across the United States encounter. This clearing house should analyze the collected data and share it with federal law enforcement officials, who could then act on it. Furthermore, when hackers launch an attack against a particular company, the clearing house – acting as a monitoring agency of sorts – could alert other companies in the same sector that they may be vulnerable. Collaborating in this way, the public and private sectors could identify the bad guys, develop a greater understanding of where and how they operate and thwart attacks the moment they commence.

There have been many attempts at this (e.g., FBI InfraGard, Secret Service Electronic Crime Task Force (ECTF)). The one thing that has often been a strain in these relationships is that it is a one-way street when it comes to information sharing. Private sector pumps in data and the government uses it, but is very limited in sharing with companies. The new public/private clearinghouse should be a two-way street.

Clearly, it is likely to take significant coordination to make a public/private partnership on this scale work. But with the frequency of cyber-attacks increasing each year, a concerted effort may be among the most effective alternatives to having each company striking back angrily at hackers and, by doing so, potentially making a bad situation worse. Like my mom always said, “two wrongs do not make a right.” 

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Thor 2: The Dark World hits theaters this fall, but you can get lots of great Thor stuff from iTunes right now

Thor 2: The Dark World hits theaters this fall, but you can get lots of great Thor stuff from iTunes right now | iMore.com Skip to main content Android BlackBerry iPhone / iPad Windows Phone webOS SIGN UP|LOG IN iMore Forums Apps Games Accessories Reviews How-To Podcasts Contests iPhone iPad mini iPad iPod touch Apple TV iOS iCloud iTunes Mac Hot: iPhone 5S Guides: iPhone buyers | iPad buyers | iOS users Free: Wallpaper | iPhone apps, games | iPad apps, games Shop Online Cases Chargers Screen protectors Headsets & More Free shipping on orders over $50 Thor 2: The Dark World hits theaters this fall, but you can get lots of great Thor stuff from iTunes right now By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 a 11:20 pm 3

The first teaser trailer for Thor 2: The Dark World has hit the internet and... I don't know what to make of it yet. I enjoyed Malekith, the accursed dark elf, as Walt Simonson rendered him in the Thor comics decades ago, but I don't get any real sense of his character here and how it plays into whatever greater story arc they have for Thor this time around. And his look in the film doesn't really wow me so far.

Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World” continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.

There seems to be some reverse fish-out-of-water action going on, with Sarah Foster going to Asgard this time instead of Thor going to Earth/Midgard like in the previous film, but other than that... not much is shown.

Hopefully they're building up to Surtur and an adaption of Ragnarok 'n Roll for the third movie in the series, because that's probably the best Thor story ever written, and I'd love to see it brought to film. We'll have to wait until more trailers are released later this summer, and ultimately until Thor 2: The Dark World is released and we've seen it to know for sure, but in the mean time there's lots of great Marvel Thor media on iTunes to tide us over. Here are some of my favorites. (I'm re-watching Avengers for what must be the 12th time on my iPad mini right now.)

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Thanks i Will Check it out

Reply SockRolid says: May 1, 2013 at 1:37 am - 4 hours ago

Natalie Portman FTW!

Reply digitalhomeboy says: May 1, 2013 at 1:40 am - 4 hours ago

You wrote "Sarah Foster" instead of Jane Foster in follow-up paragraph after the quote!

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