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Not all systems administration (sys-admin) is done by people. Some applications need administrator access to communicate and make changes. Furthermore, remote management tasks are often carried out using pre-set procedures in sys-admin tools, for example the backup of branch office devices. For thi ...

By Paul Madsen Federation is a model of identity management that distributes the various individual components of an identity operation amongst different actors. The presumption being that the jobs can be distributed according to which actors are best suited or positioned to take them on. For insta ...

“I KEEP six honest serving-men  (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When  And How and Where and Who.” – Rudyard Kipling As I look at the sorts of problems that even the largest, most mature organizations are dealing with, many times I ...

Kim Cameron, one of our key identity architects had an interesting presentation on identity in the cloud and a corresponding interview. Both are worth looking at if you are planning to move into the direction of the cloud. Especially as it is definitely one of the key challenges: This is Kim's pres ...