BOF4WSS: A Business-Oriented Framework for Enhancing Web Services Security for e-Business

When considering Web services’ (WS) use for online business-to-business (B2B) collaboration between companies, security is a complicated and very topical issue. This is especially true with regard to reaching a level of security beyond the technological layer, that is supported and trusted by all businesses involved. With appreciation of this fact, our research draws from established development methodologies to develop a new, business-oriented framework (BOF4WSS) to guide e-businesses in defining, and achieving agreed security levels across these collaborating enterprises. The approach envisioned is such that it can be used by businesses—in a joint manner—to manage the comprehensive concern that security in the WS environment has become.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ICIW
• Authors: Jason R. C. Nurse, Jane Sinclair
• Keywords: ICIW 2009, Internet Technology, Joint Manner—to Manage, Security, Technological Layer