Incite 3: Who are you?

Identity Management (IDM) breaks out in 2006, as ROI-driven password management and single sign-on (SSO) initiatives are deployed en masse. Smart users increasingly figure out that strong and centralized IDM provides “good enough” authentication and authorization for compliance purposes, accelerating market growth in 2H 2006. Yet, identity federation continues to lag in a cloud of useless vendor bickering and standards immaturity until mid-2007. Token-based authentication finally hits the wall, as passwords remain good enough and no compelling alternative appears.