How SOA increases your security risk

"Service-oriented architecture changes the security equation by introducing a greater reliance on third parties for application development and operation. But according to Ray Wagner, managing vice president of information security and privacy at Gartner Inc., this is a matter of degree rather than an introduction of a totally new security exposure."

Exposure #1: SOA crosses the firewall to consume outside services.

Exposure #2: XML files.

Exposure #3: SOA may be too complex for identity management: 


SOURCE: ComputerWorld

How SOA increases your security risk


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Gary E. Smith
SOA Security Architect