March 28th, 2008
Microsoft are working closely with Eclipse on “identity management” by combining “Eclipse’s Higgins Project with Microsoft’s CardSpace technology”.
Cardspace is a technology that is supported by NetIDme.
The full article can be found here.
January 23rd, 2008
In a recent press release, “Microsoft will make it’s Cardspace initiative compatible with OpenID 2.0!”
Cardspace is supported by Netidme.
The full article can be found here
November 26th, 2007
This function allows a secure way of displaying your personal details on the internet. This system giving you more control over the process. A step by step guide can be found here
An application supported by NetIDme
October 7th, 2007
Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more trusted Internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced winners of the 2007 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award.
This year Liberty Alliance awarded four IDDYs recognizing digital identity management applications built using Liberty’s open, privacy-respecting and proven interoperable identity specifications. Winners were announced at DIDW 2007 where eBIZ.mobility, the New Zealand Government, NTT Labs and Rearden Commerce were awarded the 2007 IDDY.
A photo of the Liberty Alliance IDDY Award is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/news_events/iddy_awards.
October 7th, 2007
Yes. Web applications are one of the primary use cases for CardSpace and the goal is for all browsers, including to support it.
October 7th, 2007
Smartcards and CardSpace can work with one another. CardSpace is a digital representation of a user’s identity as issued by a particular Identity Provider. When the customer selects a Card such as their NetIDme card) to use, such as when logging into an online account, or performing an online payment, it results in sending a request to a Security Token Server (STS) at the Identity Provider to generate a security token of a requested type. Sometimes the user needs to provide a credential, such as a PIN or password, to the Security Token Server. A Smartcard may be used as such a credential.
July 26th, 2007
Recently, lots of our clients and partners have been asking about the development of CardSpace technology, & how it will work in reality. We like to think of it as a ‘virtual wallet’ that sits on you PC, and allows you to select a virtual card that is appropriate for a particular transaction. An important benefit is that it’ll help to reduce the amount of personal data that is held about you by third parties, as you will be able to choose the card that contains the relevant information.
For example, a NetIDme card will contain details that allow you to prove your identity online where necessary, but it will not contain any of your financial details, so if you are purchasing something online, you would choose a card from your ‘virtual wallet’ that has been issued by your bank.
The Microsoft CardSpace site has great information, here’s a snippet…
CardSpace will provide consumers with a simpler and safer digital identity experience. It will provide a common way for people to manage their digital identities; a common way of increasing the assurance that the party asking for a users digital identity is who they say they are. (more)
Find out more about NetIDme OpenID, another important emerging technology.
July 17th, 2007
July 2nd, 2007
Increased confidence – Customers can interact with Websites and Internet applications knowing that their identity is secure.
Consistent experience – Customers get the same easy-to-use, recognizable & trusted user experience across Websites.
Control - Consumer always remains in control of their identity.
June 26th, 2007
Microsoft has launched four new open source projects designed to implement information cards in a variety of formats, including Java, Tomcat (for IBM WebSphere servers), Ruby on Rails, PHP and a generic C library. It is expected that the results of these efforts will complement the ability of the Windows CardSpace identity-management system to support information cards.
The new projects will be hosted on two open source project sites: SourceForge and RubyForge. They’ll also be aggregated at codeplex.com, Microsoft’s collaborative development portal. more