Author Archives: Stephen Wilson
An improved frame for understanding Digital Identity
I’ve always been uneasy about the term “ecosystem” being coopted when what is really meant...
Total cost of ownership of Multiple Identities
Federated Identity and before that, Single Sign On (SSO), are responses to the password plague....
Policy fads and policy failures
In cyber security, user awareness, education and training have long gone past their Use By...
What’s the point of astronomy?
Astronomy is the archetypal pure science. It can seem frankly pointless, especially when the projects...
Jan
Public yet still private
Privacy is a notoriously slippery topic. Even the word “privacy” has eluded universally accepted definition....
Jan
Misreading the Australian flag
Most people who favour the current Australian flag hold that the small Union Jack up...
Jan
Forget what they taught you about authentication
If you work in e-commerce and cyber security policy, law, regulations or strategy, you’ve almost...
Simpler PKI is on the cards
PKI has a reputation for terrible complexity, but it is actually simpler than many mature...
We’re not ready for genetic engineering
Update September 2012 The recent discovery that junk DNA is not actually junk rather reinforces...
No such thing as a passport
What do you call it when a metaphor or analogy outgrows the word it is...