The Insider's Guide to Business and IT Agility
By Andrew Nash, CTO, Reactivity, Inc. , 07/31/2006
Print this article
Email this article
Talk Back!
Write to Editor
There are many issues to consider when bulletproofing and securing service-oriented architectures (SOA), including today’s most commonly posed problems of security and quality. From architecture, through development, testing, deployment and operational management there are aspects of SOA and Web Service that are unique and challenging. The infrastructure we create to enable SOA should be considered by participants in the SOA development process from architects (“Where can I offload supporting services?”) to developers (“Who is taking care of policy implementation for me including privacy and security?”) through operations and security staff (“What policy settings are implemented in the infrastructure that allow me to make adjustments without involving the development folks?”)
Ignoring security and quality in the development cycle exposes corporations to a multitude of risks that will further hinder them throughout the services lifecycle. Several keys exist in the SOA and Web services lifecycle, but it boils down to a list of five keys to avoid security, reliability and compliance issues.
First and foremost is simulating the production environment in development. One of the most important steps in bulletproofing SOA and Web services is ensuring developers have an environment that simulates the production reality. A service that works well in a development environment can reveal problems once it hits production, resulting in significant time delays and cost overruns. Developing the service in a realistic simulation of a production environment reduces the number of surprises when the service is deployed, reducing time and cost needed to remedy those surprises. For example, as a corporation’s production environment is upgraded to leverage intermediaries (such as XML Gateways), the development environment should functional versions of those intermediaries. Supporting infrastructure such as I&AM systems must be simulated to allow validation of design choices as early as possible.
Second is to articulate policies for consumers and providers and make trade-offs regarding compatibility, security and throughput. A client needs to behave as expected when messages are received from the service. Is SSL going to be used? Are credentials or identities to be mapped? What is the mapping mechanism who executes the logic? What infrastructure components will be trusted – Certificate Authorities, SAML Authorities, Key Distribution Centers? What message fields should be encrypted? What information content is private and what application, organization and geographic boundaries is it allowed to cross? Much more than traditional application development, the reusable, granular of businesses services make these and many other decisions crucial.
1
ROUNDTABLE: Stretch Your Budget with smart SOA Governance-A Look at Successful Case Studies
ROUNDTABLE: Open Source Market Update
Insurance: Explore how SOA & BPM are driving down expenses and improving ROI
ebizQ is very interested in what you have to say. To contribute an article, an opinion, or to become a blogger, please contact Peter Schooff.
You need Adobe Flash Player 9 to view this widget.
June 3, 2009
One of the most compelling trends in the enterprise business technology space over the past year has been the emergence of cloud computing. In ebizQ’s upcoming Qcamp virtual un-conference, leading industry experts and practitioners will explore the role of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) in supporting cloud-computing initiatives. Additionally, the new skills that developers and IT managers need for successful cloud development will be discussed.Register
Date: Aug 26, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM
ET- (16:00 GMT)
Date: Sep 30, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM
ET- (16:00 GMT)
Date:Aug 26, 2009
Time:12:00 PM
ET- (16:00 GMT)
Date:Sep 30, 2009
Time:12:00 PM
ET- (16:00 GMT)
In the midst of unprecedented security breaches, the best way to ensure that confidential information remains protected is to develop and implement a...
Download Now
In part two of Joe McKendrick's recent podcast with Miko Matsumura, chief strategist for Software AG, they talk about how SOA and IT systems need to change and grow and adapt with the organization around it.
Listen Now
Phil Wainewright interviews David Vap, VP of products at RightNow Technologies, and finds out how sharing best practices can help businesses understand how best to engage with online communities.
Listen Now
Scott Hebner, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for IBM Rational, discusses a topic on the top of every company's mind today: getting the most from IT investments.
Listen Now
In BI, this tough economy and the increasing role of Web 2.0 and MDM are certainly topics on people's minds today. WiseAnalytics' Lyndsay Wise addresses each of them in this informative podcast.
Listen Now
Deepak Singh, President and CTO of Adeptia, joins ebizQ's Dennis Byron in a podcast that gets its hand around the trend of industry-specific BPM.
Listen NowFrom Dennis Byron: For BPM to fit at the top of the stack, it can't merely support workflow or integration. It needs to integrate the BI aspects of the stack, too. Learn More
In the insurance industry, companies have accepted that systems, strategies and data all developed in silos are making it difficult for them to grow and adjust to today’s market demands. The obstacles imposed by siloed approaches are painfully obvious to companies as they try to gain a better understanding of their customers and meet the growing constraints imposed by compliance and regulatory requirements. Leveraging industry standards with full data integration is one was to tackle this challenge. Learn More
From Dennis Byron: Is it better to choose one strain of BPM over another? The answer is unique to your organization. Learn More
Can decision management really deliver costs savings, agility and happy customers on a consistent basis? Learn More
From Dennis Byron: BPM products optimized for case management might be the products that bridge the extremes in my view of the BPM spectrum. Learn More
Integrating BPM and CEP gives you intelligent business processes that can react to rapidly changing business conditions with continuous visibility. Learn More
Insurers need to think about creating "true linkage," which means linking business strategy to process to IT investments and thereby setting the foundation for true change. Learn More
To be effective, business intelligence technology must work behind the scenes to deliver relevant information when, where, and how it's needed. Learn More
A lot of people are talking about Enterprise 2.0 as being the business application of Web 2.0 technology. However, there's still some debate on exactly what this technology entails, how it applies to today's business models, and which components bring true value. Some use the term Enterprise 2.0 exclusively to describe the use of social networking technologies in the enterprise, while others use it to describe a web economy platform, or the technological framework behind such a platform. Still others say that Enterprise 2.0 is all of these things. Learn More
Smart event processing can help your company run smarter and faster. This comprehensive guide helps you research the basics of complex event processing (CEP) and learn how to get started on the right foot with your CEP project using EDA, RFID, SOA, SCADA and other relevant technologies. Learn More
To Michael: To select what has to be improved (e.g. automated), a...
Hi Johan,
thank you for such prompt response.
I...
Phil,
It appears that Google is looking at the world...
I believe work has been done in this area privately for some time....
I wonder if BPM has become more popular because many solutions...
We are looking for a FileNET admin/developer in Houston, TX. The...
As we see more companies consider the cloud we should be...
Scott,
I agree that process management is good way for...
|
|
|
|
