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Identity predictions for 2007

Having graded our identity predictions from last year, its time to venture forth into the uncharted waters of 2007. The following are our divinations on what is to come:1. Identity-related acquisitions will slow to a steady pace.The acquisition market for identity companies has been very heated for the past two...

Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Mergers & Acquisitions, identity, identity management, NAC, acquisition

Blog posts 2006-12-19

Digital ID World recap, part 2

A recap, part 2 I'm continuing my "what I learned at Digital ID World" series that I started yesterday. What I learned about Network Access Control NAC network access control and identity was my pet project for this show. I tried to get our audience, which are traditionally application-layer...

Tags: Digital ID World, VeriSign Digital ID, NAC

Blog posts 2006-09-20

Roles: driving network access control

In my quest to understand the dynamics of how NAC and identity management are intersecting, I've been reaching out to vendors in the NAC space. To be clear, I view this NAC "space" as a spectrum. On one end of the spectrum, we have folks like Applied Identity, Identity Engines...

Tags: NAC, identity

Blog posts 2006-07-20

NAC is the new provisioning

Provisioning has been the hottest selling identity product as of late. The reason is simple: compliance with legislation and regulation drives the use of provisioning (and de-provisioning) systems. But coming out of the recent Catalyst show, I'm ready to make a bold prediction: Network Access Control NAC is the "new"...

Tags: Network Access Control

Blog posts 2006-06-21

Is Cisco an identity company?

In response to my posting this morning about Symantec coming around to identity management ("Security is like Love"), a commenter asks, "What about Cisco?" The simple answer is "yes," Cisco is also coming around to identity.Network Access Control (or as Cisco calls it, "Network Admission Control") is one of the...

Tags: NAC, identity

Blog posts 2006-05-09