Digital Identity And Access Management Technologies And Frameworks

Digital identity and access management (DIAM) systems are essential to security frameworks for their ability to rapidly and consistently confirm identities and to control individuals’ access to resources and services. However, administering digital identities and system access rights can be challenging even under stable conditions. Digital Identity and Access Management: Technologies and Frameworks explores important and emerging advancements in DIAM systems. The book helps researchers and practitioners in digital identity management to generate innovative answers to an assortment of problems, as system managers are faced with major organizational, economic and market changes and are also expected to increase reach and ease of access to users across cyberspace while guaranteeing the reliability and privacy of highly sensitive data.

Raj Sharman is an associate professor in the Management Science and Systems Department at SUNY Buffalo, NY. He received his B. Tech and M. Tech degree from IIT Bombay (India) and his M.S degree in Industrial Engineering and PhD in Computer Science from Louisiana State University. His research streams include information assurance, extreme events and improving performance on the Web. His papers have been published in a number of national and international journals. He is also the recipient of several grants from the university as well as external agencies. He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Information Systems Security.

Sanjukta Das Smith is an Assistant Professor of Management Science and Systems at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA. She has published in the Information Systems Research, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Journal of Management Information Systems, ACM Transactions in Management Information Systems and the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, Clarkson University and Calcutta University.

Manish Gupta is an Information Security Professional in a Northeast based bank in US. He was an Adjunct Instructor/Professor (2007) at State University of New York at Buffalo, USA. He received his PhD in Management Science and Systems and an MBA in Information Systems and Finance from State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA in 2011 and 2003, respectively. He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India in 1998. He has more than twelve years of experience in information systems, security policies and technologies. He has published 4 books in the area of information security, ethics and assurance. He has published more than 50 research articles in leading journals, conference proceedings and books including DSS, ACM Transactions, IEEE and JOEUC. He serves in editorial boards of several international journals including Journal of Electronic Banking and International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry (IJLSE) and has served in program committees of several international conferences. He holds several professional designations including CISSP, CISA, CISM, ISSPCS, CIW Security Analyst and PMP. He is a member of Sigma Xi, Beta Gamma Sigma, ISACA and ISC2. He received prestigious 2008 ISC2 information security scholarship (awarded on to only 7 researchers around the world) from ISC2 and also received PhD Student Achievement Award from SUNY Buffalo.