To better facilitate transactions involving multiple parties, the industry proposes machine-to-machine exchange of identity data. But can you automate trust? Walk up to an ATM anywhere in the world, ...

A group building open identity standards is crafting recipes that help identity providers and application developers quickly configure infrastructure to support stronger access controls that provide a ...

Business is becoming increasingly virtual and decentralized, while real-time relationship management with employees, contractors, partners, suppliers and customers is becoming ever more crucial. Even ...

The 1990s witnessed the adoption of IT systems designed to streamline business processes through electronic automation. The introduction of these systems has challenged companies with how to integrate ...

The growth of partnerships into e-business networks is one of the most significant trends in the evolution of Internet commerce. Some of the most successful global businesses have achieved a high ...

Better, faster, more efficient online services... so why isn't it happening? Leading public sector IT bosses have told silicon.com they would welcome moves by the UK government to adopt federated ...

Foremost among these plans today is the E-Authentication Initiative, a program organized by the U.S. General Services Administration, charged with certifying and organizing standards and protocols for ...

Federated identity management lets individuals use the same user name, password or other authentication mechanism to perform a single sign-on, and access applications and data hosted by more than one ...

Perhaps because it's just not natural! Federated Identity is certainly one of the hotter topics in e-business and security circles currently. It promises to improve cost, efficiency and convenience of ...

For years, companies have kept stores of identity information about employees, customers, and partners. These databases and directories are critical components of a company’s identity infrastructure.