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OpenID 2.0 specification released

The OpenID 2.0 specification was finalized at IIW this week. OpenID 2.0 comprises two separate specifications: OpenID Authentication 2.0 and OpenID Attribute Exchange 1.0. Getting 2.0 out the door has been a long process, but the additions will be a real boost to OpenID's usefulness. ...

Tags: America Online Inc., Use Case, Blog, Specification, Wordpress, User, News, OpenID 2.0, OpenID 1.0, Relying Party, Blogging, Internet, Phil Windley

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Identity Management as a Service

Identity Management as a ServiceWindows LiveIDWe commented on an post from Phil earlier in the year on this very subject http://www.mwdadvisors.com/blog/2005/10/loosely-coupled-reinvents-passport.htmlYour references to Passport are interesting in light of this white paper from Microsoft discussion Passport 2.0 aka Windows LiveID: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnlive/html/winliveidserv.aspwhich includes the following:Microsoft has published its vision of a...

Tags: identity management, relying party, identity, identity provider, Windows Live ID, Windows Live ID service, metasystem, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-04-19

SXIP 2.0 refined user-centric identity infrastructures

SXIP has a has a big sponsorship presence at ETech, the badge lanyards and even the room keys bear the SXIP logo. I really wish the key cards had said "SXIP into Your Room." Of course, the hotel room system isn't using SXIP, but it's a good...

Tags: Sxip

Blog posts 2006-03-07

InfoCard and Web Services

Over at the IT Garage, Doc Searls goes through some history of Microsoft's InfoCard initiative and asks some good questions. InfoCard is an identity metasystem that Doc correctly describes as a "barn raising project" led by Microsoft. Kim Cameron, Microsoft's chief identity architect, believes that Microsoft has an...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., InfoCard, SoaP, Microsoft Windows CardSpace

Blog posts 2005-06-06

InfoCard and Web Services

Over at the IT Garage, Doc Searls goes through some history of Microsoft's InfoCard initiative and asks some good questions. InfoCard is an identity metasystem that Doc correctly describes as a "barn raising project" led by Microsoft. Kim Cameron, Microsoft's chief identity architect, believes that Microsoft has an...

Tags: InfoCard, Microsoft Corp., SoaP, Microsoft Windows CardSpace

Blog posts 2005-06-06

Additional Resources

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...

Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-14

SocialToo gives social networkers a false sense of security

False SenseI think there is an innate false sense of security with social media after the initial exposure and use of a platform (FB, TWTR, LinkedIn etc.).Anything that adds an additional layer of "false sense" needs to be brought in the light, as you did... good post.If SocialToo "GETS IT"...

Tags: Viruses and worms, SocialToo, false sense, social networker, networker, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Do you really need Office? Really? If the Feds don't, do we?

Sounds like these users could get by just fine with Wordpad.[i]That being said, how many of your teachers are doing this sort of thing? Teachers need to create content, no doubt about it, but that content should be online, accessible, collaborative, and reusable. You don?t need Office for that.[/i]The problem,...

Tags: Next Up, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

4 reasons NOT to upgrade to Snow Leopard today

AV software is not compatible.For companies and universities that use NAC, there are little to no AV products that are compatible. Prior to SnowLeopard, there were McAfee and Symantec/Norton. Right now about nothing works, screwing the NAC policies for folks.Oh wait, Mac's dont get viruses. LOL ...

Tags: Scanners, Operating systems, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, AV Software, Disk Utility, operating system, Robin, Snow Leopard, hardware, scanner, Time Machine, Apple Macintosh, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Thieves: Beware the iPhone

For those smart enough to buy a real smartphone[i]Apple?s ingenious Find my iPhone feature[/i]LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!! There are many programs out there that don't require you to pay an annual Apple tax and came out [b]long[/b] before Apple even thought about including this type of functionality. Oops, I guess you can't get...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, smug

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?

Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...

Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-03

Adobe ships insecure version of Reader from official site

Following reports by users of Secunia's Personal Software Inspector on a potential false positive for an insecure version of Adobe Reader, the company has found that Adobe is surprisingly shipping the insecure Adobe Reader 9.1.0 version from its official site, potentially exposing users to previously fixed flaws in the latest...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Vulnerability, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-21

No Surprise - Firms selling off Indian centers

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that major corporations are selling off their Indian IT and back office centers as part of belt-tightening moves. This really isn't a big surprise. Why? If well-designed and operated, these centers become assets of the firms they service. They would...

Tags: Firm, Center, Sales Strategy, Outsourcing, Asset Management, Financial Services, Sales, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Apple goes after business; watch out Palm, RIM, Microsoft

Apple goes after business; watch out Palm, RIM, Microsoft@Sam DiazI think once Apple's contract with AT&T is expired and they can move to Verizon, Sprint, etc, will see more adoption to the iPhone. I've talked with a lot of people about it and almost all of them say they would...

Tags: Digital music, Handhelds, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy

Cybercrime, what cybercrime and millions of dollars in profits?! A newly released paper presented by Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio at this year's  Workshop on the Economics of Information Security 2009 entitled "Nobody Sells Gold for the Price of Silver: Dishonesty, Uncertainty and the Underground Economy" debunks...

Tags: Web, Credit Card, Seller, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Cybercriminal, Economy, Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-05

419 scammers using NYTimes.com 'email this feature'

What do Burkina Faso and the New York Times have in common? As of recently, a peak of 419 scams promising you the Moon and asking you for advance-fees via emails sent through the NYTimes.com's 'email this feature' in order to successfully bypass anti-spam filters. The tactic...

Tags: New York Times Co., E-mail, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-03

TIBCO takes PaaS plus integration capabilities to global enterprises via their choice of clouds

Combining platform as a service PaaS with a built-in ability to integrate and manage hybrid cloud deployments, TIBCO Software today threw its hat in the cloud computing ring by taking its middleware and Java development and deployment platforms to new heights. Coinciding with the JavaOne conference and...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., PaaS, TIBCO Silver, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Service Level Management, Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, It Operations, It service Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-03

RIM and Google: The Perfect Storm?

RIM and Google: The Perfect Storm?Why not?That's the question to ask.Sounds like it could be a very complimentary 'marriage', but as with any lasting relationship it'll require more give than take on both sides to make it work.Just so long as one party doesn't stand to lose more than the...

Tags: Smart phones, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Now Let, Research In Motion Ltd., Perfect Storm, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-28