Web Services Security (WSS)

Web Services Security (WSS or WS-Security) describes enhancements to SOAP messaging in order to provide quality of protection through message integrity, and single message authentication. These mechanisms can be used to accommodate a wide variety of security models and encryption technologies.

The scope of the Web Services Security Technical Committee is the support of security mechanisms in the following areas:

Current specification: Web Services Security: SOAP Message Security

The basis of the work is the WS-Security specification submitted to OASIS by IBM, Microsoft, and VeriSign.

Organization: OASIS

More information: WSS page on the OASIS Web site (new window)

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