Digital Identity Management

In the past four decades, information technology has altered chains of value production, distribution, and information access at a significant rate. These changes, although they have shaken up numerous economic models, have so far not radically challenged the bases of our society.

This book addresses our current progress and viewpoints on digital identity management in different fields (social networks, cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), with input from experts in computer science, law, economics and sociology.

Within this multidisciplinary and scientific context, having crossed analysis on the digital ID issue, it describes the different technical and legal approaches to protect digital identities with a focus on authentication systems, identity federation techniques and privacy preservation solutions. The limitations of these solutions and research issues in this field are also discussed to further understand the changes that are taking place.

• Offers a state of the discussions and work places on the management of digital identities in various contexts, such as social networking, cloud computing and the Internet of Things
• Describes the advanced technical and legal measures to protect digital identities
• Contains a strong emphasis of authentication techniques, identity federation tools and technical protection of privacy

Computer and mobile device users concerned about online privacy, Information Security professionals, security awareness trainers, regulatory professionals

• Foreword
• List of Acronyms
• 1. Digital Identity
  • Abstract
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 The social dimension of online self-representation
  • 1.3 Socio-economic dimension
  • 1.4 Technological dimension
  • 1.5 Conclusions
• 2. The Management of Identity by the Federation
  • Abstract
  • 2.1 The fundamentals of the identity federation
  • 2.2 The technical limitations of solutions before identity federation
  • 2.3 The use value of identity federation
  • 2.4 SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0: de facto standards of identity federation
  • 2.5 Conclusion
• 3. Authentication Systems
  • Abstract
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Principal authentication systems
  • 3.3 Authentication in identity management systems
  • 3.4 Conclusion
• 4. Privacy Management and Protection of Personal Data
  • Abstract
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Risks in information technology
  • 4.3 Legal elements relating to the creation, collection, use and sharing of personal data
  • 4.4 Technical solutions for privacy and personal data protection
  • 4.5 Research themes
  • 4.6 Conclusions
• 5. Digital Identity in Cloud Computing
  • Abstract
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Concepts of cloud computing
  • 5.3 Other key characteristics of cloud computing
  • 5.4 Classic solutions for digital identity management in the cloud
  • 5.5 Alternative solutions for digital identity management in the cloud
  • 5.6 Management of privacy and personal data in cloud computing
  • 5.7 Conclusion
• List of Authors
• Index