In this Q&A, Tony Nadalin, chief of security architecture for IBM Software
discusses ways in which companies can protect their mission critical data
even as they connect their networks with outside partners.
What Is Identity Management? Why Is It Important to Web Services?
The goal of identity management is to use accurate knowledge of your users to
reduce costs, improve security, and achieve regulatory compliance. It's a
broad and multifaceted discipline that has rapidly emerged to become a top IT
initiative. Objectively understanding your priorities is a critical factor in
planning an integrated identity management solution, especially in light of
deploying Web services.
In terms of cost, today's IT landscape has shifted from the computer being
the costly resource to th... (more)
Securing access to information is basic to any application. Security becomes
even more critical for implementations structured according to SOA principles
due to their loose coupling of services and applications and their operation
across organizational boundaries. Such an environment often exposes the
delicacy or limitations of existing security implementations.
Irrespective of the effic... (more)