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IBM announced new support for key industry standards for Web services security across IBM's WebSphere infrastructure and Tivoli identity management middleware. This extends IBM's middleware platform for Building a secure Services Oriented Architecture (SOA).
IBM will support the WS-Security roadmap, which the company co-authored, and standards for expressing identity information, such as the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and Kerberos.
In an SOA world, business processes are exchanged as interchangeable tasks or services -- such as Web services, Java adaptors, or older APIs such as CORBA or SNMP (systems network management protocol). A bank can use the same computing services infrastructure to handle account transfer requests whether they are coming from a teller, an ATM or a Web application, avoiding the need for multiple applications that can be expensive and redundant to maintain.
However, as the scope and number of services flow through the system, customers have a greater need to manage security and assign appropriate access to confidential data. The issue becomes even more critical for companies undergoing mergers or acquisitions or that have a big turnover of employees, since passwords and access are constantly in flux.
IBM says, “Organizations can use IBM's federated identity software to create a single, uniform way to set parameters for allowing access to Web applications, packaged software such as CRM and ERP applications, and legacy systems running high-volume transactions, such as CICS. By automating the management of identities across the company and integrating it with core business processes, companies bolster security while saving money on password administration. IBM's middleware also provides customers with industry-leading flexibility by supporting application servers from virtually every vendor and dozens of security ISVs.
“Together, WebSphere and Tivoli create a platform that helps organizations securely integrate with customers and trading partners in a heterogenous Web services environment. IBM's integrated middleware is based on open standards, enabling rapid deployment and integration of business applications and processes.
“WebSphere in 4Q03 will introduce security enhancements through an upcoming version of Tivoli Access Manager (V5.1), which provides Web single sign-on capabilities to access portals, applications and back-end systems. Tivoli has long provided integrated security for WebSphere, including federated identity interfaces for deploying Web services.
New support in WebSphere will include, in IBM’s words:
In other WebSphere security developments described by IBM:
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