Wednesday June 04, 2008
Wednesday June 04, 2008 Getting towards the end of the morning presentations of the identity roadshow.
I see a recurring theme through many of the presentations, which usually means you should put this on the emerging concern radar to keep an eye on it. The presenters are analysts, partners, and Sun thought leaders in this area. These are not wild rants in the wilderness. But I am not sure they see the common thread.
What divine from several presentation is the future of identity is to be viewed as a core competency for Security and Risk Management. Identity Management has always been positioned as an area of interest to help in the general overall Security and Risk Management strategy of a company. Many of our large SI partners have their identity practice within their Security and Risk Management practice.
However, what I am thinking I am hearing now is that instead of being a supporting pillar in the overall solution, identity management is become a core competency required to have a successful program. This is significant. No longer is identity management a nice-to-have in an overall Security and Risk Management program (oh wait, isn't the buzz word GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) fit here? More on that in a future entry.) but a required feature of to a successful program.
What does this mean? A enterprise must have a real and solid approach to identity management built into their overall Security and Risk Management model/program. in order to have a viable Security and Risk Management program, a solid Identity Management strategy is strategic to success. Perhaps we should call it Security, Identity, and Risk Management?
Finally, after years of believing this and evangelizing the importance of a rock solid identity management program, we are finally getting a seat at the big table. We are no longer optional, but mandatory.
So as you slog away into the night trying to implement a new branch in a workflow or control an new set of attributes in a newly assigned resource, have heart. You toil not on the fringes, but on a project that is becoming a recognized must have within your organization. More and more what you work on will have more and more respect going forward. The knowledge you gain today will become key fundamentals in future directions of your organization.
Congratulations. But get that change done today. Your day will come. The blip is on the radar.
On another topic (teaser) - Mark down June 19th - Good things come to those who wait!
I see a recurring theme through many of the presentations, which usually means you should put this on the emerging concern radar to keep an eye on it. The presenters are analysts, partners, and Sun thought leaders in this area. These are not wild rants in the wilderness. But I am not sure they see the common thread.
What divine from several presentation is the future of identity is to be viewed as a core competency for Security and Risk Management. Identity Management has always been positioned as an area of interest to help in the general overall Security and Risk Management strategy of a company. Many of our large SI partners have their identity practice within their Security and Risk Management practice.
However, what I am thinking I am hearing now is that instead of being a supporting pillar in the overall solution, identity management is become a core competency required to have a successful program. This is significant. No longer is identity management a nice-to-have in an overall Security and Risk Management program (oh wait, isn't the buzz word GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) fit here? More on that in a future entry.) but a required feature of to a successful program.
What does this mean? A enterprise must have a real and solid approach to identity management built into their overall Security and Risk Management model/program. in order to have a viable Security and Risk Management program, a solid Identity Management strategy is strategic to success. Perhaps we should call it Security, Identity, and Risk Management?
Finally, after years of believing this and evangelizing the importance of a rock solid identity management program, we are finally getting a seat at the big table. We are no longer optional, but mandatory.
So as you slog away into the night trying to implement a new branch in a workflow or control an new set of attributes in a newly assigned resource, have heart. You toil not on the fringes, but on a project that is becoming a recognized must have within your organization. More and more what you work on will have more and more respect going forward. The knowledge you gain today will become key fundamentals in future directions of your organization.
Congratulations. But get that change done today. Your day will come. The blip is on the radar.
On another topic (teaser) - Mark down June 19th - Good things come to those who wait!
Identity Road Show Today in NYC
Usually not one who likes to read blogs and wade through "what I am doing now" entries (please, my life is fairly mundane, no need to bore the world with it), but just wanted to put in a quick note.
On the bus now (horrible hour of 6:30 AM) to join the Sun Identity Roadshow in our New York City offices. Lots of customers, partners, and Sun Identity folks. Heading in early for a "NYC power breakfast (I'm still stuck in the 80's) with Mark Dixon. He is one of our troupers and is speaking at all of the roadshows. Catch him if you can.
So how far have we come with technology? Here is my nugget for the morning. Surprisingly, Mark's contact information was a little dated on my laptop here on the bus, so I VPN'd into Sun's directory and downloaded his contact info in a VCF file. Then I remembered Thunderbird does not have the ability to bring that into my contact database (shame on Thunderbird - for open source, open formats should be a given. Great product, but missed an easy feature).
However, a little Googling on the net turns up an extension that give Thunderbird that capability. And I am downloading it from Germany. On a moving bus. Going through the Lincoln tunnel. Under the Hudson River and getting nearly 1 mbps). Like how cool is that. Oh, and it works. Will blog later on the road show.
On the bus now (horrible hour of 6:30 AM) to join the Sun Identity Roadshow in our New York City offices. Lots of customers, partners, and Sun Identity folks. Heading in early for a "NYC power breakfast (I'm still stuck in the 80's) with Mark Dixon. He is one of our troupers and is speaking at all of the roadshows. Catch him if you can.
So how far have we come with technology? Here is my nugget for the morning. Surprisingly, Mark's contact information was a little dated on my laptop here on the bus, so I VPN'd into Sun's directory and downloaded his contact info in a VCF file. Then I remembered Thunderbird does not have the ability to bring that into my contact database (shame on Thunderbird - for open source, open formats should be a given. Great product, but missed an easy feature).
However, a little Googling on the net turns up an extension that give Thunderbird that capability. And I am downloading it from Germany. On a moving bus. Going through the Lincoln tunnel. Under the Hudson River and getting nearly 1 mbps). Like how cool is that. Oh, and it works. Will blog later on the road show.