Identity Management: A Primer

In an age in which the boundaries between the real and the virtual are becoming increasingly blurred, this timely guide teaches both the key issues of identity management as well as appropriate strategies and preventative measures for ensuring personal safety in the virtual world. In a corporate setting, it is essential to identify and control the way in which the organization deals with customers, suppliers, employees, and other users who may interact with the information systems of the company. Providing strategies for overcoming this task in real-world terms as well as questions that assist in focusing on the key issues in each chapter—ranging from role-based access control to single sign-ons and electronic identity smart cards—this text provides students and professionals alike with a valuable tool for understanding the complexity of identity in a virtual world.

Kent Spaulding has extensive experience in software development and engineering with leading-edge expertise in identity-management. He is the current CTO of Skyworth TTG Holdings, Inc, and is the current chair of the OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee. Ilan Sharoni has extensive experience in identity- and access-management consulting work, particularly in the area of role management. He currently works for Eurekify with their flagship product Sage, a leading worldwide role-management tool. Graham Williamson is the CEO of Internet Commerce Australia. David Yip is an identity-management specialist with extensive experience in the field. He is a director of Gamatech, a specialist identity-management consultancy and systems-integrator firm based in Hong Kong.