All - For those of you interested in how Identity can be leveraged within the context of a "cloud", you might want to check out the Cloud Identity Summit. It's taking place July 20 - 22 in Keystone, Colorado (a hop-skip-and-jump from my home base). http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com/ The Kantara community has been offered a US$200 discount off the regular registration fee. Enter the code "kantara" when registering. A glance through the speakers you'll see some familiar Kantara faces (including Eve Maler and Andrew Nash). There're also some workshops on OpenID, OAuth, and SAML (so there's a little something in there for everyone). Kaliya is also helping to facilitate some open space sessions, so there promises to be a healthy mix of presentations and working sessions. Pasted below is also some more info provided by the organizers. - Trent WHERE CLOUD AND CREDIBILITY INTERSECT ======================================= Like it or not, perimeter security is moving into the industry’s rearview mirror; change is upon us with protocols proliferating and services living in the cloud. As security evolves to meet the demands of the cloud, discover at the Cloud Identity Summit 2010 just how identity is being used to unlock the potential of a borderless world. CLOUD IDENTITY SUMMIT 2010 ========================================== The list of participants says it all: Google, Microsoft, Verisign, SafeNet, PayPal, Cisco, Salesforce, SuccessFactors, Intuit, Bechtel, Accenture, Cloud Security Alliance, OASIS, Red Hat and others. They are all working to make the cloud more secure, more accessible and more trusted through identity. At CIS 2010 you can: * Accelerate your Cloud Strategy * Strengthen awareness of what’s available * Create roadmaps to a secure, identity-aware Cloud * Improve understanding of the issues * Connect with peers, identity visionaries and industry builders Complete agenda: http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com PROGRAM AGENDA ================= * Business Case for Extending Internal Identity Management to the Cloud * Understanding the Emerging Cloud Identity Ecosystem * Leveraging Identity to Secure the Cloud * Standardizing Public & Private Cloud Integration * Dissecting Cloud Identity Standards * Privileged Access in the Cloud Best Practice * Planning for Cloud-Based Identity Services * Preparing for 3rd-Party Cloud Identity Providers * Making Cloud Identity Provisioning a Reality * Securing & Personalizing Mashups * Enterprise Identity meets Consumer Identity * Cloud Security Event Monitoring SPECIAL EVENTS: UNCONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS =========================================== While the Summit’s speaker lineup is loaded with heavy hitters., there are additional ways to get even further behind the curtain and deepen your knowledge. Kaliya Hamlin, a widely recognized expert in the field of user-centric identity and unconferences, will facilitate attendee-devised breakout sessions on the second day of the conference. The format has been a proven winner at 10 consecutive Internet Identity Workshop's, an unconference Hamlin founded with Doc Searls and Phil Windley. A major opportunity for attendees to dive into specific topic areas during the first day of the Summit is weaved within four half-day workshops featuring hands-on training by experts from Google, Cisco, Arctec, Axiomatics and PingIdentity Workshop 1: Security In The Cloud Gunnar Peterson, Arctec Group & Christofer Hoff, Cisco Workshop 2: Implementing OpenID, OAuth & OAuth/WRAP for Consumer Identity Chris Messina & Joseph Smarr, Google Workshop 3: Implementing SAML for Secure Single Sign-On Ian Barnett, PingIdentity Security Architect Workshop 4: The Essential XACML Primer Gerry Gebel, Axiomatics JOIN US IN KEYSTONE COLORADO ============================= The Keystone Conference Center and Resort is one of the most popular destinations in the Rocky Mountains for exclusive conferences. Experience all in one place what the Summit and the Rocky Mountains have to offer. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: JULY 20-22, 2010 ============================================================= For details, please visit http://www.cloudidentitysummit.com -- J. Trent Adams =jtrentadams Profile: http://www.mediaslate.org/jtrentadams/ LinkedIN: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jtrentadams Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtrentadams