NHIN begins to look at user-level authentication

During the 2008 trial implementations process and subsequent limited production operation of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), health information exchange between two participating entities relies on authentication at the entity (that is, organization) level, rather…

CDT offers a good explanation of user-centric identity issues

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has a good summary up on their site detailing a variety of policy issues related to user-centric identity management. There is a lot of attention in the market focused…

Contributions to CSI Alert on Claims-Based Identity Management

The September issue of the Computer Security Institute Alert focuses on claims-based identity, and includes articles by CSI Alert Editor Sara Peters, policy expert Charles Cresson Wood, “Privacy Professor” Rebecca Herold, and SecurityArchitecture.com’s own Stephen Gantz….