If you actively follow the identity space, you’ll already have heard about this, so feel free to click away (I won’t be offended). On the other hand, if you’re only a casual observer or are curious about IdM, read on.
This morning the Liberty Alliance (LAP) announced that the Internet Society (ISOC) is joining the LAP Management Board. ISOC will be joining other management board members from AOL, BT, CA, Fidelity Investments, Intel, Novell, NTT, Oracle and Sun Microsystems.
And according to my boss at ISOC, Lucy Lynch, “ISOC is eager to participate in Liberty Alliance’s well-established collaborative processes to help ensure that the specifications upon which these new technologies are built will promote continued innovation and serve the interests of all Internet users around the world.” And specifically, to join LAP in “promoting and developing the technical foundations of online identity and trust that will be crucial in supporting interoperable, secure and privacy-preserving applications and services on the Internet.”
Over the past couple of years there has been a noticeable increase in momentum around cohesive Identity Management solutions. ISOC working together with LAP is another step toward helping bring the stakeholders together. Undoubtedly, however, there’s still no clear direction for everyone around the table, but bridging across groups will benefit everyone involved (and those who don’t even know they’re a part of the equation).
February 24th, 2009 | 
