The case for federated identity
Roger K. Sullivan · Network Security · 2005
More than 80 years ago, a reporter asked the infamous thief Willy Sutton why he robbed banks. Sutton's reply was, “Because that's where the money is, stupid.” Today, the money is in information and there's a lot of information out there - vulnerable in databases, exposed in transactions and circulating on the Web - helping to make identity theft the fastest growing crime in the world. Organizations across the globe are quickly learning that one of the best ways to prevent identity theft is through ‘federation’.