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In an IT network, identity management software is used to automate administrative tasks, such as resetting user passwords. Enabling users to reset their own passwords can save significant money and resources, since a large percentage of help desk calls are password-related. Password synchronization (p-synch) enables a user to access resources across systems with a single password; a more advanced version called single signon enables synchronization across applications as well as systems. In an enterprise setting, identity management is used to increase security and productivity, while decreasing cost and redundant effort. Standards such as Extensible Name Service (XNS) are being developed to enable identity management both within the enterprise and beyond. In a wider context, industry groups such as the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and The Open Group are developing standards that would enable global identity management, in which each individual would be uniquely identified, and all applicable data would be linked to that identity. A position paper on the W3C Web site, Requirements for a Global Identity Management Service, maintains that establishing global identity management is crucial for the development of the Web and Web services. The W3C position paper stipulates, among other things, that such a system that must be universally portable and interoperable; that it must support unlimited identity-related attributes; that it must provide adequate mechanisms for privacy and accountability; and that it must be overseen by an independent governing authority. RELATED TERMS: single signon http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci340859,00.html World Wide Web Consortium http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci213331,00.html The Open Group http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid13_gci212708,00.html Web services http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci750567,00.html attribute http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci214608,00.html ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: The Global Information Assurance Certification Web site provides An Introduction to Identity Management. http://www.giac.org/practical/GSEC/Spencer_Lee_GSEC.pdf The World Wide Web Consortium maintains a document about Requirements for a Global Identity Management Service. http://www.w3.org/2001/03/WSWS-popa/paper57 The National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council provides a white paper about Identity Management. http://www.ec3.org/Downloads/2002/id_management.pdf SearchSecurity.com has an article, "Identity management a must for the virtual enterprise." http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci822376,00.html ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: CASE STUDY: EMC CURES MEDICAL GROUPS' STORAGE ILLS A storage environment out of control prompted the North Bronx Healthcare Network to move all of its medical data to EMC storage. http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci906216,00.html LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: MICROSOFT'S CHANGES TO LICENSING 6.0 Recently, SearchWin2000.com asked our members to send in their comments on the changes Microsoft is making to Licensing 6.0 and to let us know what they'd to see in the new Software Assurance maintenance program. 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