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Telecommunications ETSI looks to identity management for "the Internet of Things"
Telecommunications ETSI looks to identity management for "the Internet of Things" | ETSI looks to identity management for "the Internet of Things" |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Thursday, 24 September 2009 | |
  
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According to ETSI, in the vision of the Future Internet, the notion of the network will move towards the 'Internet of Things' and as the interactions multiply, complexity will continue to grow, so the Future Internet will require solutions that will simplify the user experience whilst enabling the effective and reliable identification of users. "Optimally, these solutions will be based on a unified and commonly agreed (ie standardised) approach," says ETSI. "The major ambition is to allow the user simply to log in to one place and have the communications network automatically manage all the user's credentials, passwords etc." Up to now, standardisation of identity management (IdM) has focused mainly on the web and application domains, with some activity also addressing next generation networks. However, says ETSI, "little has been done to address architectures and protocols that are the key to new networks and services and thus to business opportunities." The new ETSI Industry Specification Group will focus on these aspects by capturing the results of IdM research and development activity and formulating an industry consensus. Much of the input to the group will be derived from European Union 7th Framework Project (FP7) R&D activities on identity management with a specific focus on networks and services, languages for access control and privacy policies. The Industry Specification Group (ISG) plans to create a series of commonly-agreed Europe-wide specifications, which can further developed by standardisation groups such as ETSI and 3GPP as formally adopted standards for European or global use. The group is known as the ETSI Industry Specification Group for "Identity and access management for Networks and Services", or ISG INS, held its first meeting in Portugal, on 16 September 2009 and approved its initial activities that include development of an initial set of specifications. Publication of these is schedule for March and October 2010.
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