Talking Identity

Delving deeper into Relationship-based RBAC

By Nishant Kaushik on July 11, 2008 5:04 PM

Ian Glazer thinks that I have opened Pandora's box by talking about the need to bring context and intent into the area of RBAC by using relationships (one of many ways to express context). I think it's a topic ripe...

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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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The Debate over RBAC vs. Entitlement Management

By Nishant Kaushik on August 15, 2007 3:42 PM

The folks over at Securent are onto a good thing with the community driven blog they started called simply the Entitlement Management blog. They have managed to get posts from an impressive set of contributors, including Burton's Gerry Gebel and...

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RSA Conf. Notes: Looking For Practical Approaches to IAM

By Nishant Kaushik on February 12, 2007 2:11 PM

I attended a very informative session entitled "Enterprise IAM Challenges - A Practical Approach to RBAC" given by Jeff Bardin, the CISO at Investors Bank and Trust. It was a frank, open account of his experience leading a team on...

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