IBM, Microsoft and VeriSign Announce New Security Specification to Advance Web Services

WS-Security Specification Is the Cornerstone to Building Secure Web Services; Companies Will Jointly Submit Specification for Standardization

REDMOND, Wash., ARMONK, N.Y., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 11, 2002
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.