
7
Securing Applications
Understanding Application Development
Generally, applications and system tools that run on the HP NonStop server come
from the following sources:
In-House application development
Third-party vendor applications
Legacy applications
In-House system tools
Third-party system tools
Regardless of the source, great care must be taken to properly secure an applica-
tion, its database and its configuration files. First, we will discuss securing applications
and later we will deal with system tools.
Applications are the company’s business application(s). They are the reason for
using the HP NonStop server. In essence, applications are the most ...