System and method for secure configuration of sensitive web services

A client system for configuration of a sensitive Web-Service provided by a server system having

• a communication component for establishing communication with a client SOAP-communication component of the client system,
• a current configuration data file providing access rights to the sensitive Web-Service,
• a filter component for identifying and discarding non-valid requests to the communication component,
• an access control manager component for authenticating incoming SOAP-requests from the client system requesting modification of the current configuration data file,
• an updating component for updating the current configuration data file with an updated configuration data file, the updated configuration data file being offline updated by the client system, wherein
• the client system is connected via a data link to the server system,
• the client system comprising:
• a SOAP-communication component for establishing communication with the communication component of the server system,
• a browser component,
• a client configuration data file containing access rights for the sensitive Web-Service, and
• a client configuration component for updating the client configuration data file to create the updated configuration data file.