Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003909",
  "term": "Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A collection of services. These services communicate with each other. The communication can involve either simple data passing or it could involve two or more services coordinating some activity.\n\n2. A set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functions that are built as software components (i.e., discrete pieces of code and/or data structures) that can be reused for different purposes.",
  "abbreviation": "SOA",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-95 from Open Grid Services Architecture Glossary of Terms",
    "NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 [Superseded]; NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/service-oriented-architecture-soa/"
}