http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/kearns.html The complete Network World opus of Dave Kearns. Network World, Inc. Copyright(C) 1994 - 2012 Network World, Inc. http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/092611id2.html?source=nww_rss Time to pack up and head out, the Security Identity Management Alert will be no more. Still, I couldn't leave you without some final words of advice, could I? Dave Kearns 2011-09-27T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/092611id1.html?source=nww_rss It was just over 12 years ago I wrote: "Welcome to the first Directory Services newsletter from Network World," and today we've reached the penultimate issue. Time flies when you're having fun. And it has been fun, for the most part, as the Directory Services newsletter matured into the Identity Management newsletter ultimately becoming part of the Security arena. Dave Kearns 2011-09-23T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/091911id2.html?source=nww_rss A few weeks ago we examined some results from a survey ("Who's stealing your data?") commissioned by SailPoint. This week they've released more results from that effort focusing on financial institutions, retailers and healthcare organizations and the cynicism consumers express about how these organizations are protecting their data. Dave Kearns 2011-09-20T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/091911id1.html?source=nww_rss Tom Kemp is the CEO of Centrify, a company which -- at its core -- is about tying other platforms (Unix, Linux Macintosh, etc.) into Active Directory to centralize administration, which Tom refers to as "Active Directory Bridging." He's been practicing this bridging since founding Centrify in 2004 and has been working with AD since founding his previous company, NetIQ. He knows what he's talking about in regard to Active Directory. Dave Kearns 2011-09-16T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/091211id2.html?source=nww_rss Kenneth P. Weiss founded Security Dynamics in 1984, served as CEO until 1986 and remained chairman of the board and CTO until 1996. Under his watch the company developed the SecurID token. Once the SecurID's potential was recognized by both customers and investors, Weiss set out to expand his company, and he initiated the purchase in 1993 of RSA, a small, fledgling encryption company that was gaining some notoriety in the field of Internet commerce security. Dave Kearns 2011-09-13T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/091211id1.html?source=nww_rss One of last week's newsletters ("Canada is out front once again") caught the attention of folks at the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and not in a good way. Dave Kearns 2011-09-09T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/090511id2.html?source=nww_rss In the past I've warned you about putting too much credence into publications such as Gartner's "Magic Quadrant" or Forrester's "Wave." Not that there's bad research, but that your needs might not fit the profile the report was drawn for -- better to pay the money and have an independent analyst do a report tailored to your situation. Dave Kearns 2011-09-06T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/090511id1.html?source=nww_rss In light of the U.S. government's NSTIC (National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace), which may or may not become a victim of the U.S. Congress' budget-cutting axes this fall, I'd thought we go take a look at another government initiative that might provide a blueprint for how NSTIC could proceed. Dave Kearns 2011-09-02T06:00:00-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/082911id2.html?source=nww_rss I hadn't spoken to Andrew Ferguson (he's director, group marketing and global channel, for Australia's eB2Bcom, which he co-founded in '96) since last year's European ID Conference, but he did pop into my inbox recently to give me an update on one of his pet projects, ViewDS. Dave Kearns 2011-08-30T10:32:29-04:00 http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/082911id1.html?source=nww_rss Canada's University of British Columbia is a large, multi-campus institution. There are two major campuses: Vancouver, located at the western tip of the Point Grey Peninsula, close to the city of Vancouver; and Okanagan, in the growing city of Kelowna, in British Columbia's beautiful Okanagan Valley. There are also two smaller campuses: Robson Square, located in the heart of downtown Vancouver; and The Great Northern Way Campus, located just southeast of the downtown Vancouver core. The University's Faculty of Medicine's Education Across British Columbia project maintains 75 healthcare facilities, including 22 large tertiary and medium regional hospitals, provide clinical education opportunities for both undergraduate and postgraduate medical students. Dave Kearns 2011-08-26T06:00:00-04:00