Title: Web services security evaluation considerations

Authors: Elias Pimenidis, Christos K. Georgiadis

Addresses: School of Computing and Technology, University of East London, London E16 2RD, UK. ' Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki GR 540 06, Greece

Abstract: Web services development is a key theme in utilisation of the commercial exploitation of the semantic web. Paramount to the development and offering of such services is the issue of security features and the way these are applied in instituting trust amongst participants and recipients of the service. Implementing such security features is a major challenge to developers as they need to balance these with performance and interoperability requirements. Being able to evaluate the level of security offered is a desirable feature for any prospective participant. The authors attempt to address the issues of security requirements and evaluation criteria, while they discuss the challenges of security implementation through a simple web service application case.

Keywords: web services; security evaluation; security implementation; user trust; semantic web.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESDF.2009.027520

International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics, 2009 Vol.2 No.3, pp.239 - 252

Published online: 28 Jul 2009 *

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