Category Archives: User Subject

Identity Laws, Principles, Directives and Commandments: Which to Follow?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by lasancmt

Last month saw the publication of yet another definitive set of rules, laws or whatever you like to call them for this elusive identity meta system or identity eco system we all like to dream about; a lot of us … Continue reading →

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FaceBook, Google, Yahoo: Don’t shoot, we’re the good guys!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by lasancmt

Last week I was fortunate to attend Kuppinger Cole’s European Identity Conference  in Munich and follow a track session where representatives of Google, Microsoft and FaceBook were lined up in a panel in order to get a good grilling by … Continue reading →

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Aftershocks of an untimely death announcement

Posted on March 3, 2011 by lasancmt

As I mentioned in my previous blog it was Dave Kearns’ Identity Management news letter that alerted me to the shocking news of Microssoft pulling the plug on CardSpace. Only today I found the time to read up on how the Godfather … Continue reading →

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What exactly does user centricity mean?

Posted on August 11, 2010 by lasancmt

Today I have been reading the June 25, 2010 draft of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace  as published by the US Department of Homeland Security. To me it is a sound document that makes a lot of … Continue reading →

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Moving Blues

Posted on January 31, 2010 by lasancmt

I recently moved house, to Leuven in Belgium actually. This is one of the reasons for a lack of postings in January. We needed a break so after returning the U-Haul van we headed off to a beach down-under, where … Continue reading →

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Why it is easier to rob a bank, than to open a new bank account

Posted on December 12, 2009 by lasancmt

On July 14, 2006 I wrote a little piece for ITSMWatch which outlined my vision how user centric identity management initiatives and Identity as a Service in the cloud would benefit a new wave of eCommerce applications. In the article … Continue reading →

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