Understanding Windows CardSpace

Windows CardSpace empowers organizations to prevent identity theft and
systematically address a broad spectrum of security and privacy
challenges. Understanding Windows CardSpaceis the first insider�s guide
to Windows CardSpace and the broader topic of identity management for
technical and business professionals. Drawing on the authors?
unparalleled experience earned by working with the CardSpace product
team and by implementing state-of-the-art CardSpace-based systems at
leading enterprises, it offers unprecedented insight into the realities
of identity management: from planning and design through deployment.
Part I introduces the fundamental concepts of user-centered identity
management, explains the context in which Windows CardSpace operates,
and reviews the problems CardSpace aims to solve. Next, the authors walk
through CardSpace from a technical standpoint, describing its
technologies, elements, artifacts, operations and development practices,
and usage scenarios. Finally, they carefully review the design and
business considerations associated with architecting solutions based on
CardSpace or any other user-centered identity management
system. Coverage includes
- The limitations of current approaches to authentication and identity
management
- Detailed information on advanced Web services
- The Identity Metasystem, the laws of identity, and the ideal
authentication system
- Windows CardSpace: What it is, how it works, and how developers and
managers can use it in their organizations
- CardSpace technology: user experience, Information Cards, private
desktops, and integration with .NET 3.5 and Windows Vista
- CardSpace implementation: from HTML integration through federation,
Web services integration, and beyond
- Adding personal card support to a website: a detailed,
scenario-based explanation
- Choosing or becoming an identity provider: opportunities, business
impacts, operational issues, and pitfalls to avoid
- Using CardSpace to leverage trust relationships and overcome
phishing
Whether you�re a developer, security specialist, or business
decision-maker, this book will answer your most crucial questions about
identity management, so you can protect everything that matters: your
people, your assets, your partners, and your customers.

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