UPDATE: we have created a crowdfunding page on crowdtilt.com https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/uma-and-openid-connect-plugins-for-apache/description Gluu will be donating time and design to the project, which will include 2 plug-ins: one for OpenID Connect to handle Authentication and one for UMA to handle Authorization - everything you need! The intent is to donate the code to Kantara Initiative (where the … Continue reading Access Control For The People, By The People

Interesting themes emerging in the vendor community. At RSA in February it was all about Big Data and surveillance possibilities. Here at CIS I see Mobile as the über theme. The biggies: zero friction authentication (imagine no passwords, multi factor authentication and seamless transition between devices) - lots of demos. Also mobile single sign on

In a recent blog post, Anil John posits that the Public Sector has an obligation to play the same role in the future electronic Identity Validation world as they do today with Drivers Licenses, Passports and the like. I have similar views, but a slightly different opinion of the actual role Public Sector should play … Continue reading Government’s role in Authoritative Identity Data