My son was showing me the other night how every kid at his school has a Google account so that they can write their papers on Google Docs. I started thinking about the other public services in my town. In my case, paying bills, parking tickets, and accessing 311 all require different passwords. Not a Read More
Matt Carter
Matt is a systems engineer for Symplified. A seasoned technical consultant, Matt has nearly two decades of expertise in database security, identity management, access control and Federation. Prior to Symplified he was a technical consultant at Oracle, and previously held engineering roles at BEA and Netegrity. Matt began his career as a manager for the United States Air Force, evaluating SATCOM communication and Command and Control (C4ISR) systems. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy and a master’s in Engineering from Northwestern University.
What Would Bane Do? Beating a super villain with MAM + IAM
At a recent speaking engagement, I told the story of this creepy dude who sat next to me on the plane down to Orlando. I don’t know if it was his bogus Scottish accent or strange dental work, but I got the feeling he was shoulder-surfing me while I was working on my iPad. I Read More
Have you driven a Fusion lately? SAML learns from the auto industry
When the auto industry was disrupted with the success of electric vehicles, no major manufacturer completely discarded the gasoline engine. The Fusion, Volt, Prius and Leaf all included gas engines to deliver greater efficiency in certain driving situations. The Single Sign-On (SSO) and access control industry has an analogous situation with the Security Assertion Markup Read More
Using context for enforcing SSO policy
There’s a war waging in cloud and enterprise computing, one that makes the Lannisters and Starks look like a rock-paper-scissor affair. The epic saga that wages on is between knowledge workers and security wonks – a battle of convenience versus compliance. This knock-down, drag-out affair pits users who expect one-click access to content from any Read More