http://www.burtongroup.com/Research/DocumentList.aspx?cid=16 Identity and Privacy Strategies (IdPS) focuses on planning and building general-purpose infrastructure for managing and applying identity information, and supporting the identity lifecycle. This research and advisory service covers topics such as identity management, access management, directory services, authentication, federated identity, privacy, and personalization. en-us © 2008 Burton Group. All rights reserved http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1359 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1359 When identity management fails, it usually fails because the party managing identity doesn’t have a close enough relationship with the person whose identity it’s managing. The identity management problem is much more social than it is technical, and the solution to the identity management problem is not to build protocols but to build identity management businesses which have good relationships with their customers. In this overview, Research Director Bob Blakley explains why there is no identity without relationship and how the market must evolve to address the identity management problem. Overview Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=631 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=631 Burton Group introduces an update to the Identity and Privacy Strategies Reference Architecture with a revision to the “Roles” technical position. Changes include updates to various role-engineering vendor offerings and capabilities. This technical position discusses the architectural alternatives for planning a role-based deployment, including the determination of the scope of the role-development project, uses of roles, role-development methodology choices, and assignment of roles. Technical Position Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=844 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=844 In this Product Profile update, Burton Group provides information on the latest release of Novell’s provisioning and identity management solution, Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.5.1. Burton Group evaluates the products strengths and weaknesses and highlights recent updates to the product, including addition of the Roles Based Provisioning Module and integration with Novell’s security event management product, Sentinel. Product Profile Tue, 27 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=881 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=881 Hitachi recently acquired M-Tech Information Technology, the Calgary-based identity management provider. The restructured company is called “Hitachi ID Systems”; the M-Tech brand is now known as “Hitachi ID.” This Product Profile document provides an updated overview of the latest Hitachi ID Management Suite, version 4.3, including ID-Certify for attestation and compliance, ID-Discover for account rationalization, and ID-Archive for credential management. Product Profile Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1400 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1400 Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) products are integrating with Identity Management suites and provide a lightweight entry point for identity management initiatives based on shorter deployment time and lower cost. Principal analyst, Phil Schacter, will examine the maturing enterprise SSO solutions, market dynamics, and recommendations for leveraging this tactical technology as a long term part of an enterprise's identity management program. TeleBriefing Tue, 13 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=210 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=210 This technical position defines concepts such as directory tiers, directory instances, and directory roles. It also provides the criteria enterprises should use to determine which types of directory services to deploy, and when to consolidate or separate directory instances. Technical Position Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=120 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=120 This update to the Reference Architecture technical position “User Provisioning” discusses the architectural alternatives for planning provisioning solutions, including ways to design the provisioning environment, policy models to consider, password management functionality, and the structure of provisioning system internals. Technical Position Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1379 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1379 Convergence is more than the use of a common card to access physical and IT-based resources. In this TeleBriefing, Senior Analyst Mark Diodati summarizes the convergence milestones, and discusses the use cases for integrating identity and physical access control systems (PACS). He surveys the PACS vendors and the nascent convergence market, dives into the complex, multi-year nature of convergence deployments, and explores some the recent security concerns regarding card “cloning” and “skimming”. Finally, Mark recommends approaches for evaluating potential convergence projects and strategies for avoiding pitfalls. TeleBriefing Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1265 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=1265 The identity management (IdM) product market continues to transform as much as it grows. During 2007, IdM vendors’ rush to apply their wares to enterprise regulatory objectives wrought such change on the market that distinctions between IdM and compliance markets became irreversibly blurred. Greater change is just on the horizon. IdM products are currently designed to enact policies based on a centralized command/control model. But this architectural presumption makes it difficult for information technology (IT) departments to collaborate with business partners and to deploy distributed applications and manage dispersed workforces, which creates pressure for IdM solutions that support distributed architectures. Overview Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=898 http://www.burtongroup.com/Client/Research/Document.aspx?cid=898 This is an update to our existing coverage of the BMC Identity Management Suite. This Product Profile document emphasizes BMC Software’s capabilities relative to identity management (IdM) including provisioning, workflow, self-service, password management, and auditing capabilities. It will also discuss BMC’s overall strategy around Business Service Management (BSM) and its relationship to the IdM offerings. Product Profile Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:00:00 GMT