Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) have become mainstream in the past year due to their ability to provide business agility and flexibility through integration, productivity and software reuse. The Web services framework enables composite applications that leverage SOA design practices, creating more cost-effective distributed architectures. As enterprises adopt SOA, they open their systems, enabling greater agility and easier integration. But, enterprise architects must also protect these systems from intentional or inadvertent threats, and implementing secure SOAs requires organizations to focus on both external security measures and practices for internal or application-level security.
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