HOW TO SOLVE THE “MILLION USER PROBLEM”? Identity and access management in a global environment

Abstract

Identity management and Access management are new concepts on the Internet, containing functionality as single-sign on and authentication. The need of those concepts is arising out of an enormous amount of possible users that are reached when companies put their core applications for easy access on the Internet. But clear signs of an early market make it hard for decision makers to find strategic solutions. Instead we have diverging visions from the market leaders and standard communities. New actors and solutions are still entering the market and challenge common used standards as LDAP and Active directory. One of these new challengers is the Baldo solution at Volvo AB. The Baldo solution is compared to two other ways of tackling the million user problem together with their advantages. For this investigation a number of interviews have been done with experts in the problem area. Can we create a solution that fulfil future needs of dynamic solutions and standards which can handle and build global solutions for a global market?