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 ...

Web services represent a powerful model that allows for remote data exchange using Internet standard protocols in a platform- and language-neutral way. This message-based approach, transmitted via ...

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 ...

Notable holdout Sun Microsystems Inc. is now on the Web Services Security (WS-Security) specification bandwagon. Microsoft, IBM and VeriSign have been promoting WS-Security since April, when they ...

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 ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The passage of the WS-Security specification by the ...

A standards body is hoping to remove one of the biggest hurdles standing in the way of greater Web services adoption. The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Monday said that it has ...

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Led by Microsoft Corp. and IBM, a group of companies ...

XML standards body OASIS ratifies WS-Security as a standard, considered a milestone in making Web services a viable alternative to proprietary security systems. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

SAN DIEGO — IBM and Microsoft Corp. are set to turn over to a standards body a key set of Web services security specifications they have been developing for establishing trust and exchanging data ...

Web Services Security 1.0, the foundation specification for creating a security infrastructure around Web services, officially became a standard Monday, paving the way for corporate adoption. The full ...

The software maker is set to announce plans for technology that will allow businesses to verify user identities between companies and applications using Web services standards. Mike Ricciuti joined ...