Convincing stakeholders that security should be a central precept in SOA lifecycle processes can be challenging. It requires using working, hands-on examples to shatter preconceptions and then demonstrating effective, layered defenses to establish belief in the practices. Laying down defenses invariably costs development and runtime resources, often reducing flexibility in the name of protection. This is distasteful to many and counter to the principles of service-oriented architectures. Champions must be nurtured to carry the flag and apply a consistent measured approach to tenaciously defending vulnerable services.

Speaker Bio: Dan Corsberg has extensive experience in XML and Java development and Web-based architectures. He holds three software patents, working on projects such as collaborative authoring, Web services, and enterprise integration. In addition, he works as a curriculum designer, course author, mentor, and instructor of software curricula for industry professionals.