Core Security Patterns: Best Practices and Strategies for J2EE™, Web Services, and Identity Management

Chapter 11. Securing Web Services–Design Strategies and Best Practices

Topics in This Chapter

• Web Services Security Protocols Stack

• Web Services Security Infrastructure

• Web Services Security Patterns

• Best Practices and Pitfalls

Web services provide XML standards-based technology for developing and deploying application components. They provide an ideal infrastructure solution for delivering cross-platform application-to-application communication and integration. Web services are increasingly used for enabling inter-enterprise communication, workflow, and collaboration, and for integrating business applications over a network. Enabling XML Web services enables interoperability among applications developed using heterogeneous environments such as J2EE, ...