Talking Identity | Nishant Kaushik's Look at the World of Identity Management » OpenWorld http://blog.talkingidentity.com An Architect's Quest to make sense of the world of Identity and Access Management Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:56:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Building a Strong Foundation for Your Cloud with Identity Management http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/09/building-a-strong-foundation-for-your-cloud-with-identity-management.html http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/09/building-a-strong-foundation-for-your-cloud-with-identity-management.html#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:01:44 +0000 Nishant Kaushik http://blog.talkingidentity.com/?p=1045 That was the topic of my talk at OpenWorld this year. Fitting, I think, considering the emphasis that was put on Cloud Computing at OOW this year, starting with Larry’s opening keynote on Sunday.

In my session, I talked about how, thanks in large part to the emergence of cloud computing, enterprises are moving towards a borderless IT infrastructure that is going to change how security is done. The traditional mechanisms of security that are built on topology are going to have to be replaced by a security architecture built on the constant that can actually flow across domain boundaries – identity.

Yoda himself made an appearance to make the point.

My presentation was divided into a few parts:

  • I revisited the issue of security in cloud computing, in particular highlighting specific areas that need to be addressed.
  • I talked about the foundational elements to building an identity-based security model for your cloud environment, and how to evolve that into a full-fledged platform for your cloud applications.
  • I also talked about the products and capabilities available in the Oracle Identity Management 11g suite, and some of our future plans aimed at specifically addressing the cloud.

You can check out the presentation below (I hope to add the session audio to it at some point).

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]]> http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2010/09/building-a-strong-foundation-for-your-cloud-with-identity-management.html/feed 3 I’ll be talking at OpenWorld on IdM and the Cloud http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2009/10/ill-be-talking-at-openworld-on-idm-and-the-cloud.html http://blog.talkingidentity.com/2009/10/ill-be-talking-at-openworld-on-idm-and-the-cloud.html#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:08:16 +0000 Nishant Kaushik http://blog.talkingidentity.com/?p=672 As I mentioned at the end of my last post, I’ll be speaking at Oracle OpenWorld on the topic “Identity Management and the Cloud: Stormy Days Ahead?“.This year, I got a slot that is at a far more reasonable hour. In fact, it is after the morning keynotes on Monday, and before the general sessions with our SVPs, so I feel a little bit like a warm up act. Here are the details:

  • Session ID: S309525
  • Location: Moscone South Room 308
  • Date and Time: 10/12/2009 | 11:30am-12:30pm

Below is the abstract for the session, in which I plan on expanding a great deal on the presentation I did in the webinar with KuppingerCole:

Cloud computing is about to revolutionize enterprise IT and architecture. But leading industry analysts see security as a gating factor preventing enterprise adoption of cloud solutions, as enterprises grapple with the unique characteristics of cloud security and the challenges of compliance and governance. This session outlines key identity management considerations for evaluating a move to the cloud. It discusses how enterprises can leverage their existing identity and access management infrastructure and the principles of service-oriented security and standards-based interactions to secure their assets in the cloud. It also looks at the prospects for identity management as a service and how it will affect cloud computing’s future.

As I prepare for my talk, I found myself revisiting some of the previous talks I gave at OpenWorld the last few years. It was very interesting to see how my vision for Identity Services has evolved over that time. I found it a most amusing exercise, so I thought I would extend the courtesy to my readers. To that end, I have uploaded my previous OpenWorld presentations to my Slideshare page (you can also get to them from the links on my Speaking page). I can’t believe I thought the Love Guru angle was a good one to take for a tech talk :-)

If you are going to be attending OpenWorld, you can pre-register for my session using the Schedule Builder tool for OpenWorld attendees. And as always, ping me on email/LinkedIn/Twitter if you want to meet up that week. Look forward to seeing you there.

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