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A new ecological theory of digital identity
StephenWilson | June 18, 2011Privacy, security and "trust" researchers and policy workers may be interested in my new work "Identity evolves: Why Federated Identity is easier said than done".
I presented this paper at the AusCERT conference last week (beware, it’s long, but a condensed version is coming).
See lockstep.com.au/library/identity_authentication/an-ecological-theory-of-digit
The privacy impacts of federated identity and trendy new "trust ecosystem" models (like the US National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, NSTIC) are complex. The biggest problem I believe is that many have underestimated the deep changes wrought by federated identity, and how it radically alters traditionally close bilateral relationships and information flows.
UncategorisedFirst 5000
editor | June 10, 2011
Have you checked out Open Forum’s sister publication First5000.com.au? First 5000 provides an exclusive networking platform for senior executives from Australian businesses with 20 -199 employees and $10 million+ in annual revenue. Those not eligible for membership can still read the articles and subscribe to the newsletter for free!
UncategorisedYouCommNews
editor | June 9, 2011
An initiative of The Foundation for Public Interest Journalism, YouCommNews.com is new Australian experiment in community funded reporting. If you’ve ever whinged about what passes as news then visit YouCommNews.com to suggest, fund, publish or just read a story that you believe is in the public interest.
Openness and Transparency in Politics – Iain Dale’s Keynote Speech at Poltech
Iain Dale | June 8, 2011I was delighted to deliver the keynote speech on June 1, 2011 at the Politics and Technology Forum held in Canberra. The theme was 'Openness and Transparency in Politics'. This blog is based on the speech I gave on the day.
Openness and transparency are quite possibly the two most overused buzzwords in any modern democracy. They are especially wielded during election time to try and convince the voters that politicians want to make politics more accessible. But what do these words actually mean? And what benefits, if any, will they bring to the ordinary citizen?
Why are women and girls missing out?
Julia Keady | June 8, 2011Did you know that in 2009 the median percentage of total grant monies allocated by foundations in support of women and girls in the EU was 4.8%?
Are Australian leaders ready for some different thinking?
Prof John Seddon | June 7, 2011Post GFC many companies were lured into adopting false economies of scale and now must re-evaluate the real cost of cost-cutting.
The financial crisis has served to increase everyone’s attention on cost-reduction.
It is conventional to think that that might be achieved through economies of scale – moving telephone work to low-cost providers, sharing services, standardising services, even ‘going lean’. But what does the evidence show?
An Agenda For Government
patrickcallioni | June 2, 2011Last week, as I wished a pox on both the federal government and the would-be government, I said that I would put forward a constructive agenda for government dealing with major policy challenges. Here it is.
UncategorisedThe first national campaign to erase racism in Australia – ‘Give Racism The Finger’
Elise Keeling | June 2, 2011
The campaign, which will run in 83 The Body Shop stores nationally from 16 May-12 June, will ask customers to Give Racism The Finger by leaving their fingerprint on a canvas in store. By doing so, they will be making a commitment to speak up when they witness racism.
To find out how to Give Racism The Finger during the campaign visit the All Together Now Homepage
National Cyber Security Awareness Week 2011
Stuart Strathdee | May 27, 2011Today marks the start of this year’s National Cyber Security Awareness Week.
Microsoft is proud to be involved in nationwide events supporting the Department of Broadband Communications and Digital Economy’s initiative, Stay Smart Online. 
Getting closer to Base Camp: the sherpa’s are unpacking the tents
Malcolm Crompton | May 25, 2011Privacy will finally be on the agenda of the next G8 meeting. In an encouraging sign G8 leaders’ ‘sherpas’ (or policy emissaries) are on the job to help them scale the issue.
I wrote a blog in March titled Towards a Global Privacy Framework: Arriving at Base Camp. The basis for making this statement was that, "Privacy is becoming a global leadership issue at last" because the first announcement had just come out from the CNIL that privacy would be on the agenda of the next G8 meeting for the first time.
