The importance of identity security

Cloud computing is fundamentally shifting the enterprise network from fixed, data-centric server technologies to a flexible, application-driven, dispersed network that aligns more closely to business needs. The security landscape has therefore changed: IT departments can no longer control what devices their employees bring into the office, what they physically connect to the network and how they access information. Cloud computing is fundamentally shifting the enterprise network from fixed, data-centric server technologies to a flexible, application-driven, dispersed network that aligns more closely to business needs. The security landscape has therefore changed. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is driving a new role for the IT department in balancing access and security, and this places a greater emphasis on protecting identity, information and data. Jason Goode of Ping Identity argues that federated identity management can provide secure Single Sign-On (SSO) access to cloud-based applications and should sound the death knell for passwords as we know them.