# XML Security Index

Encryption Filters
The Enterprise Gateway can encrypt and decrypt messages using standards such as XML-Encryption and SMIME.
Integrity Filters
Similarly, the Enterprise Gateway can sign and verify messages using standards such as XML-Signature and SMIME.
WS-Trust Filters
The Enterprise Gateway can use WS-Trust messages to facilitate the exchange of Security Tokens over a secure channel.
SAML Filters
The Enterprise Gateway can consume and generate SAML authentication, authorization, and attribute assertions. Similarly, the Enterprise Gateway can interact with a SAML PDP in order to obtain an authorization decision on behalf of a client.
XML Security Filters
The Enterprise Gateway supports a wide range of WS-Security filters.
Security Services
The Enterprise Gateway can be used to provide "security as a service" whereby clients with no security knowledge can ask the Enterprise Gateway to sign or encrypt a request/response on its behalf.