Architecture Insight Conference Session #2: Managing Identity in a Heterogeneous Environment

Met up with Owen Simpson in the break.

We are going to be looking at some of the concepts developed by Kim Cameron.

It’s Steve Plank. Steve’ s a good presenter so this should be good.

Some thoughts:

7 Laws of Identity:

• User control and consent – the end-user control is key.
• Minimal disclosure for a constrained use – people only get what they need to answer their question.
• Justifiable parties
• Directed identity – identity shouldn’t be broadcast, it needs to be requested in a direct way.
• Pluralism of operators and technology – they all need to work together.
• Human integration – the end-user experience is key.
• Consistent experience across contexts – the end-user experience is key.

Sometimes in IT you look at things and know they are wrong, later on someone explains to you why they were wrong. This list really helps me to see why a number of identity initiatives have failed. Hopefully it will also help people to build successful ones.