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Self-protecting
Security is one of the inhibitors of the adoption of SOAs as organizations
prepare themselves to share data externally. Self-protection requires the
system to provide safe alternatives to secure information and data.
Self-protecting automation works by anticipating, detecting, identifying, and
protecting systems from external or internal threats.
Open standards
Open standards are the key element of flexibility and interoperability across
heterogeneous systems. The global adoption of a standard specification enables
disparate systems to interact with each other. While the underlying platforms can
be completely different and independent, open standards enable processes to be
built ...