Identity Governance Framework

Founding Participants: Oracle, Computer Associates, Layer 7 Technologies, HP, Novell, Ping Identity, Securent, Sun Microsystems

18 November 2008

The Identity Governance Framework (IGF) is an open initiative to address governance of identity related information across enterprise IT systems. This initiative includes key initial draft specifications contributed by Oracle to the community. These specifications provide a common framework for defining usage policies, attribute requirements, and developer APIs pertaining to the use of identity related information. These enable businesses to ensure full documentation, control, and auditing regarding the use, storage, and propagation of identity-related data across systems and applications.

Sensitive identity-related data such as addresses, social security numbers, bank account numbers and employment details are increasingly the target of legal, regulatory and enterprise policy. These include, but are not limited to: the European Data Protection Initiative, Sarbanes-Oxley, and Gramm-Leach-Bliley as examples.

IGF will assist corporations with increased transparency and demonstrable compliance with respect to policies for identity-related data. To learn more about this initiative and the proposed draft standards, view the resources below.

Continuing work on IGF is now being carried on within the Liberty Alliance Project. Please see the press release or the Liberty Alliance Identity Governance Strategic Initiative web site for more information.

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