The paper describes the aims of the PASSWORD project; these are to pilot a number of OSI applications services with security enhancements. The services to be provided are the following: X.400 (88) Message services, X.500 Directory services, ODA Document services carried over X.400 (84) Message services, applications over Connection-oriented services, and interworking with the (US) Privacy Enhanced Mail. Each of the three consortia in the project has its own implementation of a security toolkit, and of unsecured versions of most of the above services; the current and prospective status of each are outlined in the paper. The activities under the project include specifying the requirements, stating policy and implementing an interworking pilot of security features in each of the applications for the Research and Development community. Eventually the applications will be documented in a form appropriate for European ITSEC certification.