Oracle Magazine - Middle Matters

"During an extensive security audit last year, security consultancy Integrigy agreed. Integrigy told us after a comprehensive security audit that we're a step ahead of everybody else because we don't have a lot of interfaces built to legacy systems and a lot of conversions across boxes that are speaking to each other," says Cerny. "Any time you upgrade, integrations potentially become vulnerable to security issues. One of the main points of Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle in general, is to ensure that it all upgrades smoothly."

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