The world is full of good ideas and inventions that reflect the time when they surfaced. Only later we discover that they were actually very bad ones. Tobacco was something back in the day – until we discovered that it causes lung cancer and plenty...
We have quite a few articles that discuss different aspects of federation. We’ve provided you with the basic information, talked about the differences between an older protocol (SAML) and the new(er) kid on the block (OAuth), and introduced you to the world of Mobile Connect. The idea of federation,...
James Bond, Ethan Hunt, Maxwell Smart, Johnny English have all been turned into relics. The Mission Impossible franchise is still up & running, but in the real world, the dark allies, wide brimmed hats and meetings on a park benches beside the Washington monument to...
The larger concept, digital transformation, that encompasses digital business, online services, mobile apps, multi- or omni-channel solutions, IoT, require strong customer authentication to succeed. If it is not already become obvious to you – you should avoid deploying weak identities, especially if you store confidential...
Your authentication solution is your gatekeeper. It will enable your customers to conduct business with you while keeping others out. There are a lot of different gatekeepers out there in the market. If your organisation has an online service for customers, it will need a...
This blog is a step away from our usual Identity and Access Management topics and talks about a few points that people should do, or know, to be better equipped in this modern world of 1s and 0s. In recent weeks we’ve seen plenty of headlines...
Authors note May 2018: Ubisecure's Legal Entity Identifier service is now available at RapidLEI.com. The LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) is a 20-digit, alpha-numeric code based on an international standard (ISO 17442) primarily used to uniquely identify a Legal Entity (LE) party to a financial transaction. For example,...
Federation is a technology that can benefit both users and companies. Federation improves customer experience, facilitates registration (conversion) and enables online business ecosystems. Digital identities live in domains. A domain has an owner, usually a business / company. In a domain identities are born, they have...
In my last blog, I explained that because login is often the “front door” of a website, the branding, logos and colours should match the web service, as they are all important trust indicators to the end user. Let’s look at some examples of these settings...
… And what can it do for you? In my series of looking at fundamental things in Identity and Access Management I thought it would be a high time to explain what an Identity Provider (IdP) is. An IdP is an essential piece of technology to any organization...