Two separate initiatives led by Netegrity Inc. and Securant Technologies Inc. are looking to develop an XML standard for moving security information--including authentication, authorization and user profiles--across disparate online trading systems.. . .
Two separate initiatives led by Netegrity Inc. and Securant Technologies Inc. are looking to develop an XML standard for moving security information--including authentication, authorization and user profiles--across disparate online trading systems.

The goals of Netegrity's Security Services Markup Language, or S2ML, and Securant's AuthXML initiative are similar: to allow customers to move across multiple online exchanges and other e-business systems using a single sign-on and without having to create multiple profiles.

Having a standard security language would enable businesses to more quickly create trading relationships and would improve customer loyalty, speed billing cycles and allow businesses to remain in control of online transactions.

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