Actually, I would prefer a Federated Identity Management system. Having a single place for ALL contacts would be just too tempting.
*ASB *(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... * On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 9:24 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > I think these sort of things will power a drive towards more centralised > identity management in general. At the moment, it is nothing but a risk to > store a username and password and possibly financial data on hundreds of > different websites with differing levels of security. Even for the > intelligent, managing these vast arrays of logins and data presents a > challenge which can often only be managed by third-party software. > > I wouldn't be surprised to see the likes of Google and Facebook trying to > move in on this - using your login for Google, for example, to log on to > myriad different websites, therefore only worrying about whether Google get > hacked or not. Although I also see a move towards more federated ways of > accessing different systems coming out from the likes of Citrix and VMWare > as well, I think things like OpenCloud and Project Horizon also have started > to encompass some form of identity management. > > > On 27 April 2011 14:19, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: > >> More food for thought, I am sure that other devices ( WII, Xbox, etc >> etc) could also be exploitable, it underlies a bigger problem with >> database security in general. >> >> If you have provided information from your playstations to Sony to >> download content, you might want to be watching your CC Card information and >> other accounts very carefully, since your information is probably in the >> possession of unauthorized parties atm. >> >> >> http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138557/20110427/sony-playstation-suffers >> -massive-data-breach-criticized.htm<http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138557/20110427/sony-playstation-suffers%0A-massive-data-breach-criticized.htm> >> >> Sincerely, >> EZ >> >> Edward E. Ziots >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
