In this age of phishing, hacking, identity fraud, and other forms of cybercrime, answering two simple questions — “Who are you?” and “How can you prove it?” — is fast becoming a critical requirement ...

Commentary--Federated identity management and Web services are uniquely intertwined, mutually reliant on each other, and are poised to finally solve a long-running problem in both IT and systems ...

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 ...

It’s time for a better way to maintain identity in the enterprise. Let’s explore a new identity model, Consolidated Identity, that will simplify how employees authenticate into systems, access data ...

It’s one of those concepts that, to me at least, is obscured by it’s own name: federated identity. In a nutshell, the goal of said technology is to offer users the ability to authenticate themselves ...

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 ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. What is it? A system that allows individuals to use the ...

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 ...

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, ...