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title: "How can you prevent your Web services from unauthorized access?"  
description: "How can you prevent your Web services from unauthorized access?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-26  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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# How can you prevent your Web services from unauthorized access?

The following are the ways to prevent your Web service from unauthorized access:

Using encryption and message-based security.

Using authentication and access controls for the Web service.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

The following are the ways to prevent your Web service from unauthorized access:

Using encryption and message-based security.

Using authentication and access controls for the Web service.


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