 The VordelDirector SOA security and management solution is being used to manage and protect Web Services for the Spanish Government's Social Security Administration (GISS: Gerencia de Informatica de la Seguridad Social).
VordelDirector enables GISS to secure the delivery of reusable services built on top of existing mainframe systems in their Services Oriented Architecture (SOA). VordelDirector "unlocks" data in these mainframe systems in a safe manner, by providing access control and auditing. In this way, the SOA solution, enabled by VordelDirector, has strengthened intergovernmental interoperability by exposing services across government departments in a secure and efficient manner.
A recent survey by analyst firm IDC revealed that 12% of SOA deployments in Europe were in the Central and Local Government sector. Rob Hailstone, Director of European Software Infrastructure research at IDC, identified the need to reuse and reduce the cost of integration as an important driver for the adoption of SOAs. "Within an SOA new complexities emerge due to the number of combinations of services; messages; composite applications; processes; security zones; audit requirements; service level agreements and other management parameters that need to be considered. Without an appropriate SOA Security and management solution, the investment in an SOA can be made redundant"
Eladio Quintanilla, Director of Technology at Spanish Social Security, said: "Vordel delivered a high performance, highly scalable solution that has enabled GISS secure and manage the efficient delivery of our eGovernment services. They complemented our Software AG Web Services environment by providing the requisite levels of security for external and internal usage of these key services."
Vordel CEO, Vic Morris, said, "This latest customer win is further evidence of Vordel's preeminent position in the XML security industry. Clearly Governments cannot afford to compromise on the major issues of security and management, whether delivering services on an inter-departmental basis, or externally to citizens and commercial institutions. With VordelDirector, the GISS have been able to optimize the delivery of services whilst generating cost savings through the reuse and interoperability of their IT capabilities.".
Reinforcing this message was Vordel partner and SOA IT infrastructure firm, Software AG. Roberto Armino, Director General at Software AG Spain said, "Our ability to service enable the existing government mainframe investment was vital to the objectives of the GISS. VordelDirector provided the ideal complementary security environment for the delivery of these Web Services, exposed by Software AG."
The security and management solution provided by VordelDirector is standards-based, using security standards such as SAML in order to interface with GISS's authorization system. Graphical reporting interfaces show XML network activity, response times, and security events.
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