Earlier this week I shared a progress report on the work the IDESG is doing to build the nation’s identity ecosystem. In it I stated that a framework of identity standards, technologies and techniques will be absolutely critical for our success. Here I’ll explain why. On its most basic level, a framework enables a variety Read More
Last week I attended the fourth meeting of the Identity Ecosystem Steering Group (IDESG) in Santa Clara, California. I was very excited to see the momentum that’s building behind this group, which is doing important work that will define the technical underpinnings of how our identity information is shared in both the public and private Read More
As organizations evaluate moving to the contemporary architecture and operations of Identity as a Service (IDaaS) from a legacy Identity Management (IdM) system, it is important to understand the differences between the two. A legacy IdM solution includes software, infrastructure, dedicated operations staff, and annual licensing support costs for the IdM software. In contrast, IDaaS Read More
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) continues to generate buzz this year. Twitter, which allegedly began exploring MFA in February, was compromised again yesterday when the AP’s Twitter account was hacked and distributed bogus tweets about President Obama which led to a brief plummet on Wall Street. We also talked about MFA last month when iCloud introduced two-factor Read More
Security has always been my passion. I started out 10 years ago helping local businesses in my community with their network issues and immediately recognized my career path. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to experience and manage many technologies, such as virtualization, cloud services, firewalls — and Identity and Access Management (IAM). A few Read More
For a long time many of us in the IAM space have been monitoring the various approaches to managing the identities of individual consumers, and those of employees and business partners. Some people think these systems will ultimately converge and each of us will have one identity – or credential – that we use to Read More
After Mat Honan’s iCloud account hack eight months ago, Apple introduces two-factor authentication. Shortly thereafter, it issued a patch to fix a flaw in its iForgot page, which would’ve enabled someone to access your iTunes account, iCloud email and anything else you store in Apple’s cloud. Subsequent patch notwithstanding, was anyone surprised by the introduction Read More
On February 12, the Obama Administration pressed forward with its executive order on cybersecurity. That day, the clock began ticking for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has one year to develop a Cybersecurity Framework to “reduce cyber risk” to the nation’s critical infrastructure. What is critical infrastructure? Anything that if wiped Read More
In a recent article, journalists at The Economist attempted to answer the question, “Which firms will profit from proving your identity online?” They examined various statewide, national and overseas public-private partnerships that have been set up to link online and offline identities in order to prove people are who they say they are when they Read More
If you’re not using Single Sign-On (SSO), one password gets you into one of your apps and a different password gets you into another – that’s assuming you use good password practices in the absence of SSO. With SSO deployed, one password will get you into all of your applications, which is much more practical Read More
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