Report

June 2002

Securing Web Services

Laura Koetzle 		Web services have arrived, but without much security. However, with the right brew of standards and technologies, firms can apply what they already know about security -- and put Web services to work for them.

MARKET OVERVIEW
  • Software vendors of all stripes bet on Web services.
  • Few vendors understand where the real security challenges lie.
ANALYSIS
  • Web services' scale and scope will force firms to confront dormant security problems.
  • Security goes organic -- and gets abstracted from apps.
ACTION
  • Security officers: Don't let security worries stifle Web services innovation.
 
Figures & Data
  • Figure 1.  Web Services Security Standards
  • Figure 2.  Web Services Complicate Authentication
  • Figure 3.  The Security Abstraction Layer Solution
   
RELATED MATERIAL 
  • Companies Interviewed For This Report
  • Related Research
 
GRAPEVINE
  • And keep 'em coming . . .
  • A million years later, still no aliens.
  • Memo to analysts: Take your own advice.
  • Did you ever notice that villains don't use Macs?

 

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