Enforcing security in a Software as a Service application

Level: Introductory

Mary Taylor (marytaylor@us.ibm.com), Consulting IT Specialist, IBM

26 Sep 2007

See how WebSphere® Portal access control features can be exploited for enforcing security in a SaaS application by restricting the set of portal pages and portlets that a particular user can access, based on the role of the user.

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Less than 10 minutes.

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Sample implementation artifact for building SaaS solutions on IBM middleware

A code snippet from a WebSphere Portal Server XML access script. This code sample shows a mapping of the editor role for the SaasBankInterestRatesCustomerPortlet to the LDAP group in the sample banking application: cn=wpsadmins,cn=groups,dc=bank1,dc=com

• PortalXML.doc (24KB)

Resources

• Webcast: Addressing software-as-a-service challenges
  
  
• SaaSpace
  
  
• Read about Portal Access Control in the developerWorks WebSphere Portal Security zone.
  
  
• developerWorks article: Securing a Composite Business Service delivered as a Software as a Service: Part 1, Secure multi-tenancy with WebSphere Portal Server
  
  
• Find resources on the WebSphere Portal zone.
  
  
• Technical resources for Tivoli software and security products.
  
  
• Get started with IBM Software as a Service programs for business partners. Link to case studies, research documents, and current events.
  
  
• Browse the technology bookstore for books on these and other technical topics.
  
  

• Trial download: WebSphere Portal Express V6.0
  
  
• Download IBM product evaluation versions and get your hands on application development tools and middleware products from DB2®, Lotus®, Rational®, Tivoli®, and WebSphere®.

• Talk to an expert at the IBM Virtual Innovation Center.
  
  
• Check out developerWorks blogs and get involved in the developerWorks community.
  
  

About the author

		Mary is an IT Specialist in the Strategic Technology Architecture and Incubation team in Software Group. She's been in IBM for over 20 years. She's currently working in the SOA area, focusing on how to compose Composite Business Services (CBS) in a Software as a Service (SaaS) environment.

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