Service-oriented architecture (SOA) creates tremendous opportunities for companies to integrate across departments, across systems and across enterprises. Integration can help simplify business ...

In this article, we examine how security applies to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Before we discuss security for SOA, lets take a step back and examine what SOA is. SOA is an architectural ...

From a security perspective, service oriented architecture (SOA) is a tricky thing. It’s not hard for bad guys to compromise it with SQL injection, capture-replay and XML denial-of-service attacks, ...

The simplest and most common approach to security for service-oriented architecture (SOA) is to route service requests over a virtual private network (VPN). This provides adequate security for simple, ...

Pitfalls aplenty going SOA: A service-oriented architecture's efficiency has often been more of a priority than SOA security. Vendors, however, are compensating with new Web services security features ...

Many organizations are embracing SOA as a way to increase application flexibility, make integration more manageable, lower development costs, and better align technology systems to business processes.

Security services may be among the most challenging technical hurdles at this level, but the value in getting them right is enormous. With potentially thousands of employees, contractors, and partners ...