Overheard in the tech blogosphere:

identity management

Mar 4 2008   5:51PM GMT

Overheard: Role mining driven by compliance



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
role mining, Security, identity management
jutta_cymanek.jpg We are headed into a phase in Identity Management that is heavily driven by compliance and security, corresponding to a strong demand for intelligent role management and compliance reporting to automate and simplify these processes for enterprises.

Jutta Cymanek as quoted in Omada Appoints RBAC Specialist to Identity Management Team

Mar 4 2008   5:26PM GMT

Overheard: Open ID — not just for fanboys anymore



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
identity management, Security, Yahoo, Open ID
chris_markarsky.jpg Just a year ago, OpenID was more the hobby of a few fanboys than a serious challenge to the way identities are stored and managed. But in January, Yahoo! announced that all 250 million of its user accounts would become OpenID identifiers, thereby tripling the number of OpenID accounts overnight.

Chris Makarsky, I’ll need to see some ID