Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp. and VeriSign Inc. today announced the publication of a new Web services security specification to help organizations build secure, broadly interoperable Web services applications. The three companies jointly developed the new specification, known as WS-Security, and plan to submit it to a standards body. WS-Security is the foundation for a broader road map and additional set of proposed Web services security capabilities outlined by IBM and Microsoft today to tackle the growing need for consistent support of more secure Web services. The proposed road map, titled "Security in a Web Services World" and authored by Microsoft and IBM, outlines additional Web services security specifications the companies plan to develop along with key customers, industry partners and standards organizations.
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