A growing number of businesses are “renting” software hosted by application service providers (ASPs) The upside: a generally accepted lower cost of ownership. The downside: Potential security holes. Are the external servers and network links as secure as your own systems? How secure is the link between the ASP and your own system? And are the people looking after your data doing it as diligently as would your own people? ASPs are weakest on the development and maintenance of security policies, an expert says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2117152/security–cover-your-asp.html