On 2008 Trends in Identity Management …

A recent article (published by sourcewire.com) provides an overview of the ten predominant topics and trends in Identity Management in 2008, based on an analysis provided by the analyst group Kuppinger Cole + Partners.

Here is the list of these trends:

• Trend No. 1: OpenID, InfoCards, CardSpace – Identity 2.0 is becoming part of real life
• Trend No. 2: Governance, Risk Management, Compliance as a “superstructure”
• Trend No. 3: Open systems and modules instead of monolithic suites
• Trend No. 4: SOA and IAM are growing together
• Trend No. 5 Authentication and authorization in the context of the user
• Trend No. 6 Privacy and data protection regain in importance
• Trend No. 7 More, not less vendors
• Trend No. 8 Secure online banking – finally!
• Trend No. 9: Information and identities are linked: “Enterprise Information Management”
• Trend No. 10: Federation is growing up – slowly

I particularly believe that trend number 2 is happening, i.e. the fact that Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) are more and more influencing the way IT is perceived, managed and run. GRC is influencing CISOs/CIOs and their decision making process, including investments in Identity Management and related requirements.

I really agree that the change we are going to experience is from administration-focussed to business-orientated Identity Management.

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