Roger Halbheer on Security » Identity

Is the online world more dangerous?

Roger Halbheer — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:34:27 +0000

I often hear statements that the risk of losing your identity or being a victim of fraud is much higher online than offline. From my point of view it is more about the feelings of the consumer: In the real world, we know the risks – at least we learned them over the ages from our parents and we learned to live with them. For the average consumer, the Internet is probably 10-15 years all and there is no common sense yet. There is no “we learned to live with the risks” – yet.

We published a paper called Myth vs. Fact: Online and the Real World (this link point to the more secure version in XPS but if you want pdf, here you go ), which I think is worth looking at. If you want to leverage it, feel free.

Roger

Interpol’s Chief’s Facebook Identity Stolen

Roger Halbheer — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:52:37 +0000

This is one of the risks, not a lot of people look into: It is fairly easy for me to setup a Facebook account in another person’s name. This is what happened to Ronald K. Noble, head of Interpol: Interpol Chief Ronald K. Noble Has Facebook Identity Stolen.

Roger

Doing the right thing on ID management isn't enough…

Roger Halbheer — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:55:17 +0000

Even though it might be obvious, compliance is not only about protecting data but identities as well – and more. Jon Collins, Freeform Dynamics, whom I value high, wrote a good article: Doing the right thing on ID management isn’t enough… – you should read it!

Roger

Identity in the Cloud

Roger Halbheer — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:38:10 +0000

Kim Cameron, one of our key identity architects had an interesting presentation on identity in the cloud and a corresponding interview. Both are worth looking at if you are planning to move into the direction of the cloud. Especially as it is definitely one of the key challenges:

This is Kim’s presentation:

If you want his slides, here they are.

And finally he was interviewed after the presentation. It gives you more insights into our thoughts around identity and identity federation:

Remember, from my point of view, identity processes, management and federation are key ingredients for a successful cloud strategy

Roger