Kill, fix, advance: Identity stakes out an evolution
Authentication, trust, and the cloud emerge as pressing issues for identity's evolution, according to the RSA Conference panel.
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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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