Talking Identity

Change We Need

By Nishant Kaushik on December 1, 2008 8:56 PM

It's been a long time since I have been able to post. A lot conspired to make it difficult for me to keep up with my blogging, not the least of which has been a number of interesting, but under...

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Evolving the Identity Services architecture

By Nishant Kaushik on October 17, 2008 5:12 PM

The last 3 months or so has been really good to my work defining our vision for Identity Services. I've gotten valuable input from my colleagues in the IdM business, and my participation in Project Fusion and Burton's Identity Services...

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My Next Attempt at Controversy: Roles and the (ir)relevance of NIST

By Nishant Kaushik on July 9, 2008 2:29 PM

Well, I think I am done talking about directories now, especially after reading Ian Yip's hilarious recap of the debate, as it were. Having now appeared as a significant bit player in this drama, I have decided to leave it...

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Information Cards gets its own Foundation

By Nishant Kaushik on July 4, 2008 7:13 PM

One of the big announcements at Catalyst that I twittered about was the formation of the Information Card Foundation (take that, OpenID). The purpose of the non-profit foundation is to promote the use of information cards as a secure way...

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The Real World: Catalyst Conference Edition

By Nishant Kaushik on July 2, 2008 8:05 PM

Another Catalyst conference has come and gone, leaving us with a lot of material to chew on and ponder. Burton always forces us to think about what we are doing, especially those of us that have products to deliver....

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Follow me at Catalyst

By Nishant Kaushik on June 19, 2008 3:05 PM

I'll be at the Catalyst conference next week, looking to share and learn. I expect Catalyst to be the usual source of inspiration, news and ideas. And I look forward to meeting up with fellow identirati like Ian, Mark and...

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Concordia tackles Entitlements and Policy Management

By Nishant Kaushik on June 10, 2008 6:49 PM

Burton Group's Catalyst Conference is coming up at the end of the month, which means that the work going on in the identity management world kicked up a few notches last month. One of the things that is becoming a...

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New Ideas in Password Management

By Nishant Kaushik on August 29, 2007 12:52 PM

In his Network World on Security newsletter this week, Dave Kearns talks about a new kind of password management product that seems to be picking up traction. Lieberman Software's Random Password Manager offers interesting new capabilities in password management similar...

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How Facebook is changing the world of identity

By Nishant Kaushik on July 9, 2007 3:24 PM

Okay, so the days of questioning the impact of social networking websites on our digital lives is long gone. But the nature of the impact is still being understood, and this is producing some interesting findings. While the world of...

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Catalyst Conf. Notes: Wrapping Up

By Nishant Kaushik on July 6, 2007 1:34 PM

Catalyst 2007 has been a good conference for me simply because of the intangibles - Good conversations, stimulating discussions, and loads of fun. Here is a wrap up of a hodge-podge of thoughts from the conference.Identity Services, Where Art Thou?The...

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Catalyst Conf. Notes: Burton takes "Control"

By Nishant Kaushik on June 28, 2007 6:38 PM

After a day and a half, I can safely say that Catalyst is living up to its reputation of being on the cutting edge of identity trends and issues. After a typically boisterous start to the conference on Wednesday, where...

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Project Concordia Has Its Work Cut Out For It

By Nishant Kaushik on June 27, 2007 11:09 AM

I attended the Project Concordia workshop yesterday, ahead of the Catalyst conference. I mentioned the project in a blog post last week; it has the worthy goal of trying to initiate efforts that make sense of the competing standards and...

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Can Project Concordia guide us out of the morass?

By Nishant Kaushik on June 19, 2007 12:49 PM

On Lost, one of my favorite shows on TV, the lead character is fond of saying "Live Together, Die Alone". So much so that on one of the more recent episodes, one of the other characters told him "If you...

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Are you a Catalyst?

By Nishant Kaushik on June 18, 2007 3:33 PM

That catchy slogan can only mean one thing - it's time for the annual Catalyst Conference (US edition), hosted by the Burton Group. Running from June 25-29 in San Francisco, the event will once again aim to stir things up...

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Emerging from the depths

By Nishant Kaushik on July 11, 2006 1:34 PM

It has been quite a while since my last post. The period coming out of Catalyst is always busy, as it tends to generate a lot of good discussion that starts influencing the work we are doing. I have been...

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Catalyst is the place to be if you care about Identity

By Nishant Kaushik on June 13, 2006 4:20 PM

Burton Group's Catalyst Conference is one of the biggest technology events in North America, and is being held in San Francisco this week. If you care about Identity, it is one of the premier conferences to attend, because the conference...

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