Microsoft unveils AD Azure strategy, ID management reset
The software giant begins talking publicly about Windows Azure Active Directory service and plans to use it as the foundation for its Identity Management as a Service strategy.
Identity Matters
John Fontana's blog traverses the evolving digital identity landscape and its intersection with the cloud, compliance, audit, privacy, mobile computing, API integration and security.
John Fontana
John Fontana is a journalist focusing in identity, privacy and security issues. Currently, he is the Identity Evangelist for cloud identity security vendor Ping Identity, where he blogs about relevant issues related to digital identity.
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Billions of API calls traversing Web, redefining "software"
APIs are quickly becoming the application glue for the Web with billions of calls per day making some companies billions of dollars per year, according to one keynote speaker at the annual Glue Conference.
Your passwords don't suck, it's your policies
A developer has created a password analysis tool that examines patterns to determine password strength and concludes password-creation policies are the real enemy of solid passwords.
Anatomy of hack on Google leads Plaxo to up API security
A malicious attack aimed at Google but routed through Plaxo highlights the growing importance of API security using the forthcoming OAuth 2.0 protocol, which protects the user's credential information.
Google, Facebook, MySpace; privacy rule breakers or trend makers?
The major social networking sites have all been fined for improper use of private data; is that a trend that should be ringing alarm bells or a sideshow for the paranoid and uninitiated?
Phishers hooking Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo passwords
Phishers are actively trolling the Internet trying to trick users into giving up their OpenID-based log-in credentials to popular social networking sites.
Privacy labels aim to control prying eyes, personal data
A pair of entrepreneurs thinks labels on websites that outline information sharing rules could go a long way toward protecting user privacy on the Internet and improving business relationships between consumers and online services.
SNOPA legislation would bar employers from social network passwords
The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act is designed to shield the social networking passwords of job applicants and students.
Group expects ruling on Google report in a few weeks
It will be at least a few weeks before the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) finds out if the FCC wants to provide an unedited copy of its report in the Google's Street View investigation.
ID thieves discovering defenseless target - the dead
Nearly 800,000 deceased Americans each year have their identity stolen by thieves looking for financial or other gain, according to a new study.