Web services security specifications

HIGHLIGHTS

	SOA runtime major step for Eclipse – Milinkovich ARTICLE - The development of an SOA runtime, the release of Ajax tools, a Web services security project and an embrace of PHP demonstrate the vitality of the Eclipse Foundation.
	The Concordia Project and XML security interoperability TIP - Web services security and identity management has become a convoluted arena. Seeking to find common ground for competing approaches, the Concordia Project has entered the fray.
	Web services next battlefront for hackers ARTICLE - Web services security is being targeted by hackers. Fortunately, sophisticated new tools and compliance with standards should mitigate these threats.

SUBTOPICS

	WS-Security Web Services Security is a proposed IT industry standard that addresses security when data is exchanged as part of a Web service. WS-Security is one of a series of specifications from an industry group that includes IBM, Microsoft, and Verisign. Related specifications include the Business ...
	WS-SX The purpose of the Web Services Secure Exchange is to define extensions of Web Services Security to enable trusted SOAP message exchanges involving multiple message exchanges and to define security policies that govern the formats and tokens of such messages. Find WS-SX basics and best ...
	SAML SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard that allows a user to log on once for affiliated but separate Web sites. SAML is designed for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions. Find SAML basics and best ...

	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Web services security specifications:  Emerging SOA standards, Web services transaction specifications, XML and XML schema, SOA orchestration and choreography standards and specifications, SOA standards bodies, First generation Web services standards, Java Web services standards, Reliable messaging standards, SOA management standards