The tech industry is not about to let concerns over security stop its push to adopt Web services. So expect some fast work in the next year but don't expect comprehensive solutions.

Peter Judge: People don't want to wait for Web services - so the security industry is going to have to shift a generation pretty quickly.

XML standards body OASIS ratifies WS-Security as a standard, considered a milestone in making Web services a viable alternative to proprietary security systems.

WS-Security is the premier Web services standard that handles more complex authentication, confidentiality, and integrity for SOAP messages. It supports passwords, Kerberos, X.509 digital ...

The Web Services Interoperability Organization forms a working group to make sure that Web services security products can communicate with each other.

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced on Tuesday publication of its WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 , serving as a guide for enabling secure, interoperable Web services.

The security company is releasing WSDigger, an open-source tool for Web services security analysis, to the enterprise community.

Microsoft's work with Sun engineers on the WS-Security spec could indicate future interoperability between the two companies, as established in the landmark agreement between them earlier this month.

WS-Security, a widely supported proposal for securing Web services, could become an official OASIS standard by March. OASIS in mid-February anticipates a full-membership vote on the WS-Security ...

OASIS approved WS-Security 1.1 as an official standard, establishing a foundation for securing distributed applications and Web services.

IBM and Microsoft are set to turn over to a standards body a set of Web services security specifications they have been developing for establishing trust and exchanging data between partners.