Web Services Security: Is the Problem Solved?

摘要

This paper demonstrates that much work needs to be done in Web services security standardization. V It explains the new Web services security threats and mentions the main initiatives and their respective specifications that try to prevent them. Recently Web services technology has reached such a level of maturity that it has evolved from being a promising technology to becoming a reality on which IT departments are basing their operations to achieve a direct alignment with the business operations that they support. In fact, based on the most recent reports from IDC (International Data Group), approximately 3300 Web services-based technology projects were deployed all over North America in 2002 and it is expected that the expenses will approach $3 billion in 2003.