By Paul Taylor
Published: July 27 2005 10:38

Once a sleepy IT backwater, identity management has been thrust into the spotlight over the past few years...

According to a recent report prepared by Nemertes Research, the US based research firm, 38 per cent of all enterprises cite identity management as a top-funded security initiative. Looked at another way, as Microsoft, the world’s largest software developer notes, most organisations that Nemertes considers “leading-edge” in security deployment are focusing on identity management today.