The specification that will serve as the foundation for building security into Web services was officially ratified as a standard last week, paving the way for widespread corporate adoption. The full ...

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A very anticipated Web services specification has been approved as an industry standard, paving the way for broader usage of Web services protocols in mainstream business applications. The Web ...

OASIS approved WS-Security 1.1 as an official standard, establishing a foundation for securing distributed applications and Web services. A standards body on Wednesday gave final approval to a ...

Microsoft released on Tuesday a toolkit designed to help software programmers tighten security in Web services applications. The toolkit, called Web Services Enhancements (WSE) version 2, will let ...

When you hear that security is one of the missing pieces of Web services, you’re probably listening to a discussion about complex SOAs that demand newfangled security protocols yet to be submitted to ...

The Web Services Interoperability Organization forms a working group to make sure that Web services security products can communicate with each other. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

The Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) isn’t the only Web services security specification under way. In June, IBM, Microsoft Corp. and VeriSign Inc. submitted the latest version of the Web ...

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the group's Security Profile Working Group released the Security Scenarios Working Group Draft for public review. The 48-page document outlines common threats, ...

More known for political snits than tech leadership, the Web Services Interoperability group, backed by IBM and others, shoots for a turnaround. But the first step's a doozy. Martin LaMonica is a ...

WS-Security, a widely supported proposal for securing Web services, could become an official OASIS standard by March. OASIS in mid-February anticipates a full-membership vote on the WS-Security ...