Securing Web Services Applications Using WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances UK Classes & Lessons (IBM)

Also known as: WB552GBGB

About this class

This instructor-led course teaches you about the Web service and Extensible Markup Language (XML) application security and monitoring features provided by the XI50 and XS40 IBM WebSphere DataPower Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Appliances. You will learn how to configure an XML firewall to protect against a new class of XML-based threats, create a Web services proxy to enforce a security policy, configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to and from the DataPower appliance, and enforce service level policies by creating monitors that measure message traffic. You will also learn how to troubleshoot their services using logs, probes and error handling, and how to employ best practices and architectural scenarios for effectively using DataPower appliances in the SOA architecture.

Who will the lesson benefit?

This course is designed for integration developers responsible for configuring service policies on the IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance.

What prerequisites are required

Before taking this course, you should be familiar with the following topics:

Security-based concepts and protocols
XML related technologies, such as XML schema, XPath, and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
Web service fundamentals and Web Services Security specification

Contents of this class

Introduction to DataPower SOA appliances
DataPower Web Graphical User Interface (GUI) administration
Introduction to Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) transformations
DataPower services overview
XML firewall service
Problem determination tools
DataPower cryptographic tools
Securing connections using SSL
XML threat protection
Web service proxy
XML and Web services security overview
Authentication, authorization and auditing
Configuring Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) using Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
Web application firewall
Multi-protocol gateway (MPG)
Monitoring objects
Service level monitoring (SLM)
DataPower architectural scenarios