Microsoft pitches InfoCard for businesses
C|Net | at | by Mike
New identity management technology in Windows Vista can bring down enterprise access management barriers, according to Microsoft.
By using technology known as Windows CardSpace, formerly code-named InfoCard, individuals in an organization could grant access to outsiders without having to involve the IT department, Kim Cameron, identity and access architect at Microsoft, said in a presentation Wednesday at the Digital ID World Conference here.
"The main role of information cards in the enterprise is to devolve access control to the resource owners," Cameron said. "Setting access control policies becomes a naturalistic and intuitive and visual process."