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Your definitive Web Services security resource
Minimize security risks in your system by successfully rolling out secure Web Services with help from this exceptional guide. Web Services Security covers everything network security professionals need to know, including details on Web Services architecture, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, XML Signature, XML Encryption, SAML, XACML, XKMS, and more. You'll also get implementation techniques as well as case studies featuring global service-provision initiatives such as the Liberty Alliance Project. Practical, comprehensive, and up-to-date, this is a must-have reference for every administrator interested in conquering real-life security challenges through the effective use of Web Services.
- Learn the high-level principles of security and how they apply to Web Services
- Deploy Web Services technology following practical and clear examples
- Use XKMS for validation and accountability
- Ensure data integrity by using XML Signature and XML Encryption with SOAP
- Use SAML and XACML for authentication and authorization
- Learn the major components of the evolving ebXML standard
- Gain valuable insight into the legal aspects of Web Services security--including digital signature laws, privacy issues, and application-to-application transactions
Mark O’Neill is the principal author of Web Services Security (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2003). Mark has written on the topic of XML and web services security in magazines such as Web Services Journal, XML Journal, Java Pro, Enterprise Architect, Infoconomy, and Technology for Finance. As Chief Technical Officer at Vordel, a pioneering vendor of XML security products, Mark has met many early adopters of XML, gathering and synthesizing their security requirements. Mark regularly presents training courses on web services security in London, California, and on the U.S. East Coast. For the past four years, he has been chosen as a speaker on the topic of XML security at the RSA Conference, the infosec industry’s largest annual conference. Mark lives in an old house in Boston’s up-and-coming Roslindale neighborhood, with Kristen and their two-year-old son Ben.
