  Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is maturing into the de facto standard for creating flexible businesses able to compete successfully and achieve high performance. However, its very openness raises security concerns that Accenture has moved quickly to resolve.
The ability of service-oriented architectures to use heterogeneous systems environments to provide user-friendly, composite services has powered it to the top of many corporate agendas. However, traditional methodologies for assessing and applying application security can be inadequate given that service-oriented architecture, by its very nature, spans divisions, departments and business partners. Accenture High Performance Business research clearly indicates that high-performance businesses and government agencies ensure they have consistently high governance and security standards. To help them achieve the sometimes contradictory challenges of combining security with business flexibility, agility and flexibility in an environment increasingly structured according to the principles of service-oriented architecture, Accenture has partnered with Sun to develop the Accenture Secure SOA Solution. Find out how Accenture and Sun are driving innovation-led business solutions in the Accenture Innovation Center for Sun Microsystems Solutions. Related research and insights What makes identity management and security critical components of any service-oriented architecture implementation? Hear about it from Pete Yao of Accenture and Rich Sharples of Sun Microsystems in this video interview conducted by InfoWorld.com. Listen to Bob Bragdon of CIO talking to Scott Rose, executive director-Accenture's Sun Microsystems Solutions, about the need for secure service-oriented architecture in the Podcast: Accenture and Sun Microsystems Solutions: Secure service-oriented architecture. Next: Why Accenture |