The introduction of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web services has resulted in significant changes in how applications are developed and deployed. This world wide survey interviewed organization to understand their adoption of SOA/Web Services and their approach to security management.
This study has shown that the implementation of SOA/Web services applications can open up a complex set of security and management issues. Once developed, SOA/Web services-based applications take on a life of their own. Without proper planning, organizations trying to secure those applications, will find themselves in reactive mode, confronting risks and issues as they arise.