| Provisioning and federation Federated provisioning is the topic, and the raging dispute about its pros and cons is today's subject. It started with the comment by Daniel Wakeman (CIO, Educational Testing Service), who said "It's a 'huge shortcoming' that SaaS [Software-as-a-Service] vendors do not embrace 'federated identity management' standards allowing centralized identification and validation of users via a single sign-on process..." The promise of provisioning Way back in the dark ages, 10 whole years ago, I first wrote about provisioning as the "killer app" for Identity Management. Actually, I called it the killer app for directory services, since the identity management tag hadn't yet been promulgated. In a piece I wrote for Novell's Web site (now, sadly, no longer available), I touted Business Layer's eProvision Employee application and talked about what was to come. Sometimes prognosticators are wrong. E-provisioning's dirty little secret It was just four years ago, that I was strolling through "Start-up City" at NetWorld+Interop Atlanta in 1999 and stumbled across a new company, Business Layers, touting a brand new application called "eProvision Employee." I was intrigued, and I had a few minutes to kill. I fell in love. Here was the application that could finally bring directory services and identity management into the mainstream. Provisioning/de-provisioning in the education sector I'm at the Catalyst Conference in San Diego this week - say "Hi!" if you see me wondering the halls - but the news from the show will have to wait until next week's newsletters. Today I want to finish something I touched on recently - provisioning/de-provisioning in the education sector. Provisioning/deprovisioning problematic for a third of organizations Every time we think we've finally gotten a handle on the user provisioning/deprovisioning issue something comes along to disabuse us of that notion. In this case it's the results of a survey of attendees at last spring's Directory Experts Conference (DEC) put on by NetPro. Novell aquisition bolsters ID governance portfolio Novell has quietly bolstered its ID governance portfolio after acquiring the technology assets of a tiny British company and signing a 'perpetual' licensing deal with California-based ActivIdentity. Proposed Law Saves Internet User Data In the most recent effort to thwart child predators online, both the U.S. House and Senate are considering bills that would require any Internet access provider -- possibly including public Wi-Fi hotspots -- to retain Internet user data for up to two years. Recession Makes IAM More Important Than Ever Any economic downturn brings new risks to your organization. Nervous employees who fear downsizing may be tempted to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information stored across applications while temporary workers are less loyal and identity verification processes for full-time employees may not be used, making your organization more susceptible. Hackers steal thousands of Wyndham credit card numbers Hackers broke into a computer at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts last July and stole tens of thousands of customer credit card numbers, the hotel chain warns. Obama’s Electronic Health Records initiative could usher in a new wave of ID theft With the stimulus bill all but signed it looks like the government will be handing out $19 billion in an effort to digitize America’s health record system. The problem is we have a noble goal but no plan or direction on how it should be accomplished. The stated goal, which has garnered substantial support, is to build a National Electronic Health Records (EHR) system. But the plan or direction on how to get us there is completely missing from the stimulus bill. Who goes there? Identity management is all about who you are and what you should be allowed to do. This Product Guide describes the technology and how it works. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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