Protecting utility usage XML data

Utilities are using XML to gather information about the usage of resources such as power and water. This XML traffic must be managed and secured.

Utilities value the usage of XML since it uses open standards and does not produce vendor lock-in.

Vordel Solution

Vordel's XML Gateways provide management and control of the XML data used by utilities.

For example, a large national water board is using Vordel's products to manage the XML traffic which contains information about water usage. This XML data is scanned for threats by Vordel's products, authenticated, authorized, logged, and validated.

Keep an audit trail of all accesses
Vordel's products log all access to Web Services interfaces. For Vordel's appliances, these logs can be written directly on the appliance itself, or to external data stores

Avoid "baked in" policies
It is tempting for developers to write code which controls Web Services based access to mainframe resources. However, this approach means that there is no way to administrators to view policies, change policies (without changing code), or keep a log of the policies which are in force. Vordel's policies are expressed as declarative XML policy files, which can be archived, logged, and viewed in Vordel's Management Console.