OIDF: Overview and Update of Key Internet Identity Protocols: OpenID Connect, Backplane and Account Chooser

TYPE: Workshop DATE: May 14, 2013 TIME: 09:00-13:00

A high level overview of the protocol, and an explanation of why major technology companies have standardized on it including Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc. We will discuss how the functionality of OAuth 2.0 to create OpenID Connect. The session will also review the new Backplane Exchange and Account Chooser protocols and discuss the security problems of websites that run their own password based login systems.

Don Thibeau, Executive Director OpenID Foundation, and Axel Nennker, DT, will provide an overview of the OpenId Foundation protocols.

Mike Jones, Microsoft, and Nat Sakimura, NRI, will brief on the status of OpenID Connect Working Group.

Greg Keegstra, JanRain, will brief on the status of Backplane Working Group.

Jonathan McPhie Google, will brief on the status of Account Chooser Working Group

Organizer

Sponsor

Speakers

Dr. Michael B. Jones

Identity Standards Architect
Microsoft

Michael B. Jones is a Standards Architect at Microsoft. He is an editor of the OpenID Connect specifications, several IETF OAuth specifications, including JSON Web Token (JWT) , the IETF JOSE (JSON cryptography) specifications, and the FIDO 2.0 specifications. He serves on the...

Greg Keegstra

Strategic Alliances Director
Janrain

Greg is head of Strategic Alliances for Janrain where he works with identity providers, ISVs and services partners to create social identity solutions for the enterprise. Greg has a background building consumer online services, including software development, business development, product...

Jonathan McPhie

Product Manager
Google

Jonathan McPhie has been a Product Manager at Google since 2007. His current work involves improving Google Accounts and other identity related work. His past projects at Google include Google+ (where he led efforts on privacy), Personalized Search, Mobile Search, and Google Talk. Prior to...

Axel Nennker

Technology and Innovation
Deutsche Telekom

Axel was a founder and board member of the Information Card Foundation and he served on the board of the OpenID Foundation. His dayjob allows him to work on user-centric identity, enterprise identity management and identity in service architectures. He contributes to W3C working groups and OIDF...

Nat Sakimura

Research Fellow
Nomura Research Institute

Nat Sakimura is a research fellow at Nomura Research Institute specializing on digital identity and privacy, and the Chairman of the OpenID Foundation. He is a co-author of many of the frequently used international standards such as OpenID Connect, JWT, JWS, OAuth PKCE, etc. He is currently...

Don Thibeau

Executive Director
OpenID Foundation

Don is President and Chairman of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) a non-profit organization of leaders from competing sectors, including enterprise, data services, telecommunications, consulting services, SaaS, banking, retail and government. OIX is helping to build solutions to roadblocks for...

Continuing Education Credits

After attending this block you will be able to:

Define the current markets where identity data is kept and describe their market potential.
Describe current state of the open identity data market.
Explain the benefits that information sharing through listings, directories, registries, and exchanges have on emerging markets.
Define the benefits an information sharing registry would have on the open identity data market.

Completion of the workshop qualifies for 4 Group Learning based CPEs

Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Learning Level: Intermediate
Field: Computer Science

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