Features of Security in Web Services

Security in web service is the basic requirement for every product build on web services platform. Whether the software/product belongs to enterprise application integration domain or business to business integration related domain. Few of the most basic requirements with respect to security of the web services are mentioned below.

Basic features of Security in Web Services are:


1. Authentication
2. Authorization

3. Data Protection
4. Nonrepudiation
5. Identity Management
6. Key Management
7. Trust Domain
8. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
9. Confidentiality

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