APIs, OAuth, SSO and Cloud Services in a Modern Architecture

For many organizations, legacy CFML applications still run core business processes reliably. They generate revenue, process transactions and support customers every day.

The problem is not always stability.

The problem is velocity.

Over time, older ColdFusion or Lucee environments begin to limit what the organization can build next. Not because the business lacks vision, but because the underlying platf...

ColdFusion applications are often stable for years.

They keep running.

They serve users.

They “just work.”

And that stability creates a dangerous illusion:

“If nothing’s broken, we must be secure.”

In mature CFML environments — especially those running Adobe ColdFusion 2021, Adobe ColdFusion 2018, Adobe ColdFusion 2016, Adobe ColdFusion 11, Lucee 5.4, or Lucee 5.3 or older — risk rarely appears as a dramatic failure.

It accumulates quietly.

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