http://blog.talkingidentity.com An Architect's Quest to make sense of the world of Identity and Access Management Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:32:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Updated to reflect provisional status of OIX approval per this - thanks to Brett for telling me) I just got back home from the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, where the topic of Trust was second only to all things Cloud. While sessions on Identity Management were few and ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/03/a-twittorial-on-trust-frameworks.html Back in 2008, Microsoft acquired some innovative technology called U-Prove that promised to solve an age old privacy question: How can I disclose the minimal information that I need to for the purpose of an online transaction, without having to also disclose additional (sensitive) information to establish trust in that ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/03/microsoft-releases-u-prove-under-osp.html The impact that judicial courts are having on the world of tech has been in the news recently, whether it be an Italian judge ruling that content sites are liable for user uploaded content, or the class action lawsuit that Google Buzz faces over privacy issues. But another legal opinion ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/02/rogue-accounts-now-legally-challenging-as-well.html Mark Diodati of the Burton Group (that's still how I should be referring to them, right?) wrote a post entitled "SPML Is On Life Support". It is a great read, as it captures all the issues that have been plaguing SPML for years now. And the simple fact is that ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/02/spml-under-the-spotlight-again.html With the Sun acquisition complete, we can finally start talking about what this means for various product lines. Thomas Kurian touched on the identity management strategy in the big Wednesday launch event, and I recapped what he said in my previous blog post. Now, the next level of detail has ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/01/expanding-on-the-oracle-sun-idm-strategy.html Well, it's finally here. After months and months of delay, Oracle announced it finalized its acquisition of Sun. It took so long, I think of lot of people thought this day was just a mirage. And unfortunately, the delay has cost us (in the identity management team) the opportunity to work ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/01/today-is-the-day-oracle-sun-exciting-days-ahead.html The identity management analyst team over at Kuppinger Cole is organizing a free virtual conference on Enterprise Access Governance over the next two days (December 8 and 9). They'll be putting forward their thoughts on what constitutes a complete access governance program, and what is the best, most optimal way ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2009/12/kuppinger-coles-free-virtual-conference-on-access-governance.html I spent an interesting week at HQ last week, trying to deal with some of the craziness that occurs every time a major release is on its way. But far more interesting were all the identity management conversations I engaged in during the course of the week - in hallways, ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2009/11/can-oauth-do-what-spml-hasnt.html One of the things I did at OpenWorld this year was attend an Executive IdM Session that brought together folks from the IdM team and some of our best customers to share information and talk about the future direction of identity management at Oracle. It was an interesting gathering with ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2009/10/executive-idm-session-at-openworld-its-all-about-managing-risk.html On Monday, I presented at Oracle OpenWorld on the topic of "Identity Management and the Cloud: Stormy Days Ahead?". The title proved to be a little too prescient, because the weather in San Francisco was pretty nasty. And as you can imagine, the number of jokes made about this became ... http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2009/10/screencast-of-my-openworld-session-on-idm-and-the-cloud.html