Putting ID context into context

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
10/12/05
Today's focus: Putting ID context into context

Dear security.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Webinar to learn about context
* Links related to Identity Management
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Today's focus: Putting ID context into context

By Dave Kearns

I'll be live and in person on your PC next week when I join
Michel Prompt, CEO and founder of Radiant Logic, for an indepth
look at how identity and virtualization can be leveraged to
deliver context-driven security. Join us on Thursday, Oct. 20 at
2 p.m. EDT (that's 11 a.m. here on the left coast, 7 p.m. UTC)
for a continuation of the conversation we began at last July's
Catalyst Conference.

Among the topics we'll be exploring are:
* Current trend and evolution in identity and directory
virtualization: from LDAP proxy to context servers.
* Typical use cases, including authentication, authorization,
access to non-directory sources and federated identity.
* Model driven identity and directory virtualization.
* Context driven security.
* Serving context with optimal performance and high
availability.

Context is emerging as one of the most important areas of both
identity management and security management. Context can
determine how an entity is perceived - its "persona," if you
will. Context is also relevant to authorization transactions -
the familiar mantra of who, what, where, when and how an attempt
to access resources is made. But context is also relevant to the
emerging discussion of personal identity, also called
"user-centric" identity <http://www.networkworld.com/nldsv8333>,
where the user can define the context in which identity
attributes are shared with others.

My part in this upcoming Webinar is to set the stage - to show
where we've come from in using context for security and to
introduce the discussion of where we're going. It promises to be
both educational and entertaining. You'll need to register
<http://www.radiantlogic.com/ns/webinar_register.shtml>, so do
that right now.

As I said, context will be at the core of identity discussions
over the near term. For one example, see Phil Windley's (he's
the author of the book "Digital Identity") comments on the
context of identity credentials
<http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/04/legislating_ide.shtml>
and how that can shape legislative activity.

Without context, things stand alone in a vacuum. As we learned
in high school physics, nature abhors a vacuum. Join me online
next week as we set the context.

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine has serious bug
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3. You won't find this book on Oprah's list
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4. IETF effort promises fewer net failures
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldsv8581>
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To contact: Dave Kearns

Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's
written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print
"Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be
found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>.

Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows
Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management.
Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these

respective addresses: <mailto:windows@vquill.com>,
<mailto:netware@vquill.com>, <mailto:identity@vquill.com>.

Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books,
manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing,
technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill
provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at
<mailto:info@vquill.com>
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The Network Edge

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infrastructure expands to support different types of traffic and
users. Most traffic management solutions have serious
limitations: too expensive, difficult to use, and overly taxing
on bandwidth. However ProCurve Networking by HP addresses these
requirements, overcomes the limitations of other solutions, and
gives you valuable insight into LAN performance. Click here to
download HP's Traffic Management Whitepaper
http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=117251
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