2008 WSSC Training Program

Unatek has arranged the following one day pre-conference training course titled: “Web Services Security & SOA.”

Objective
To provide the knowledge and skills required to recognize the key features of Web Services Security & Service Oriented Architecture, and to understand the principles and the best practices used to build more flexible architectures which apply both in the business layer and in the ???? Layer.

Target audience
IT directors, project leaders, managers, architects, analysts and designers.

Prerequisites
Good knowledge of computer science.

Pricing
(All day tutorial May 12th): $675 for conference registrants, $775 for a tutorial without attending either conference.
[Note: This fee includes breakfast pastries, snacks, and LUNCH]

Location
Conference Venue (Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland)

Course Times
Each class begins at 8:30 AM and runs until 5 PM.

Tutorial Provider
The tutorials will be provided by Unatek, Inc.
Web Services Security & SOA (One Day Course– May 12, 2008)

How You Benefit:
• Get practical skills planning, implementing and maintaining the hottest WSS & SOA technology.
• Get a skill that could be worth millions to your current or potential employer.
• Learn hands-on skills that are difficult to gain in a corporate or government working environment, such as deploying Web Services Security & SOA.

What's Included?
• 1 Day of Expert Instruction from our instructors with real-world experience with deep knowledge of Web Services Security & SOA.
• Guaranteed good class size, you get an intimate learning setting.
• All meals, snacks and refreshments included.
• Lecture, Lab Exercise and Text book
• CD-ROM with every tool and custom script used in course.

Topics covered
Module 1 Web Services Security
o Why security is so important for web services
o Challenges (and solutions) for web services security are presented and discussed.
o Use of secure transports (HTTPS) and WSSE headers.
o Security related standards.

Module 2 Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture
o What are services, and what benefits do they offer?
o Service-oriented architecture
o Why web services are ideally suited to the goals of service-oriented architecture.
o SOA and the "Enterprise service bus".
o SOA without web services

Module 3 Service-Oriented Architecture
o Fundamental concepts related to objects and components
o Basic definitions, presentation of case studies
o The key concepts and principal characteristics of a SOA
o Clarification of some misconceptions regarding SOA
o Problems which hamper the adoption of SOA
o The evolution of SOA: from XML to Web Services
o Comparing SOA to earlier architectures (client-server, internet, distributed)
o SOA with a Web Services framework: service description (WSDL) and messaging (SOAP)
o Service oriented principles in the enterprise
o Service layers: abstraction, application, business, coordination, configuration
o Development and delivery strategies: top-down, bottom-up and agile
o Introduction to service oriented analysis and design
o Implementation platforms (basic, J2EE, .NET) and integration issues
o Concluding case studies

Module 4 Encapsulating the Basics of Security
o Summarize the characteristics of web services and analyze its impact on application
security
o Examine how the data exposed by a web service can affect its security requirements
o Describe the security principles of web architecture
o State the characteristics of application security
o Underline the technologies used to implement application security
o Identify the security issues in a web service model
o Evaluate the security requirements of web services

Module 5 Examining Web Services Security Threats and Countermeasures
o Deduce the security requirements of web services
o Analyze the security challenges and threats in a web service application
o Comprehend the technologies to address the security challenges in a web service
application
o Examine the issues that must be considered when designing a web service security solution
o List the features that are typically provided by a properly implemented security mechanism
o Analyze how the characteristics of web services affect application security

Module 6 Relating Web Services Security and Identity Management
o Describe identity management and the business drivers behind identity management
solutions
o Indicate the technologies behind an identity management solution
o Examine the need for identity management to secure web services
o Evaluate the capabilities of current access technologies
o List and describe the components and features of Access Manager
o Illustrate identity management capabilities