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 ...

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 ...

Though it was initially hailed as the Holy Grail of interoperable computing, most companies have pursued only limited adoption of Web services. On the Internet, Web services have been relegated to ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced on Tuesday publication of its WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0, serving as a guide to enable secure, interoperable Web services. The ...

WS-Security, a widely supported proposal for securing Web services, has been accepted by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) as an official standard.