Connecting who we are in the physical world to our online identity is at the center of some of today’s most important technical, commercial and policy issues. Verifying who we are, whether on the Internet, phone or watching television touches what we care about most; our security, privacy and how we do business. This agenda “unpacks” identity by reviewing the status of key identity standards like SAML, OAuth 2,0, OpenID Connect and Account Chooser by focusing on the roles of key players: policy makers, attribute and identity providers, and the economics of relying parties.
The panel will cover how identity providers can involve users in the release of information to the relying party websites that users visit. We’ll go beyond standards and talk about new incentives for attribute providers, and discuss business models for how to charge relying parties for this information. There will also be discussions of new methods used to authenticate users whether via a password, one-time-code, mobile phone, or other techniques.
