Press Releases

Liberty Alliance Announces openLiberty Project

– Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more trusted Internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced the openLiberty Project, a global initiative formed to provide resources and support to open source developers building identity-based applications. With today’s news, Liberty Alliance has launched openLiberty.org, a portal where developers can collaborate in the openLiberty Project and access tools and information for “jump starting” the development of more secure and privacy-respecting applications based on the widely deployed Liberty Federation and Liberty Web Services standards.

Liberty Alliance Announces Products from CA, Entr'ouvert, Ericsson, HP, NTT, NTT Software and Symlabs Pass Interoperability Testing

– Liberty Alliance today announced that products from CA, Entr'ouvert, Ericsson, HP, NTT, NTT Software and Symlabs have passed Liberty Alliance testing. With today’s testing results, nearly 80 identity products and solutions from vendors around the world have now passed Liberty Alliance testing for SAML 2.0, Liberty Federation and Liberty Web Services.

Liberty Alliance Announces New President, Officers and 2007 Focus Areas

– Liberty Alliance today announced officers on the Liberty Alliance Management Board for the 2007 calendar year. These positions are voted on by Liberty Alliance board members with elected officers serving one year terms. Roger Sullivan, vice president of Oracle Identity Management and vice president of the Liberty Alliance Management Board for the past two years, has been voted to lead Liberty as president in 2007.

Federation, Web Services, Open Source and Web 2.0 Converge in Redwood City January 22

– Liberty Alliance today announced “Liberty 2.0,” a free public event to be held on Monday, January 22 in Redwood City from 10am – 4:00pm at the Sofitel Hotel in Redwood Shores. Liberty 2.0 brings together experts in federation, user-centric identity, Web services, SOAs, social networking, open source identity, OpenID and Web 2.0 applications to examine where current identity management solutions cross paths and the consumer and business benefits of industry-wide convergence of digital identity management initiatives.

Liberty Alliance Selects Drummond Group to Expand Interoperability Testing Program

– Liberty Alliance today announced that Drummond Group has been selected to expand and manage Liberty Alliance interoperability testing on a global basis. Drummond Group will provide Liberty Alliance with valuable new testing capabilities and global support services to further increase the breadth and scale of Liberty’s industry-leading interoperability program.

Liberty Alliance Expands Global Membership

– Liberty Alliance today announced new members representing a variety of industries and vertical market segments from around the world. Members join Liberty Alliance to have a voice in the development of standards and best practices for building and deploying non-proprietary and proven interoperable identity solutions users can trust for more secure and privacy respecting online transactions.

Liberty Alliance Announces "Open Source Identity for the Web 2.0 Era" Webcast November 29

– Liberty Alliance today announced the public webcast “Open Source Identity for the Web 2.0 Era” taking place on Wednesday, November 29 at 8:00am US PST. This event is open to anyone interested in learning about open source single sign-on identity systems and how the interoperability, privacy and security capabilities of SAML 2.0 can benefit many of today’s Web 2.0 applications.

Liberty Alliance Forms Digital Identity Management Group in Norway

– Liberty Alliance today announced the launch of a new special interest group formed to help facilitate the deployment of open and interoperable identity management solutions across industries in Norway. Members of the Liberty Alliance special interest group in Norway are working collaboratively to address the business, privacy and technology issues involved in developing successful federated identity management, service oriented architectures (SOAs) and Web services based on open standards and business guidelines from the Liberty Alliance.

Liberty Alliance Releases Final Version of ID-WSF 2.0 Web Services Standards

– Liberty Alliance today announced the release of the final version of ID-WSF 2.0, the industry’s most complete framework for building and managing privacy-respecting, secure and interoperable Web services and Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs).

New York State Education Agencies Recognized for Excellence in Digital Identity Management

– Liberty Alliance today announced that the EduTech deployment within the New York State education agencies has been awarded the 2006 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award for excellence in digital identity management. Liberty Alliance presents the IDDY Award annually to recognize outstanding digital identity management deployments based on the proven interoperable and privacy-respecting Liberty Federation and Liberty Web services specifications.

Liberty Alliance Presents First Annual IDDY Awards for Excellence in Identity Management

– Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more trusted Internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced that Deutsche Telekom AG (T-Com, Business Unit T-Online), EduTech and the UK Government have won the 2006 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award. After reviewing nominations from organizations representing a variety of industries and vertical market segments, the IDDY judging panel made up of identity experts from around the world has selected these organizations as IDDY Award winners for delivering excellence in identity management today. A photo of the Liberty Alliance IDDY Award is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/about/iddyaward.php

Deutsche Telekom AG (TCom, Business Unit T-Online) Recognized for Excellence in Digital Identity Management

– Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more trusted Internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today announced that the T-Online Netzausweis has been awarded the 2006 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award for excellence in digital identity management. Liberty Alliance presents the IDDY Award annually to recognize outstanding digital identity management deployments based on the proven interoperable and privacy-respecting Liberty Federation and Liberty Web services specifications. A photo of the Liberty Alliance IDDY Award is available at http://www.projectliberty.org/about/iddyaward.php

UK Government Recognized for Excellence in Digital Identity Management: Gateway Authentication receives the 2006 Liberty Alliance IDDY Award

– Liberty Alliance today announced that the UK Government Authentication Gateway has been awarded the 2006 IDDY (Identity Deployment of the Year) Award for excellence in digital identity management. Liberty Alliance presents the IDDY Award annually to recognize outstanding digital identity management deployments based on the proven interoperable and privacy-respecting Liberty Federation and Liberty Web services specifications.

Liberty Alliance Announces Latest Companies to Pass SAML 2.0 Interoperability Testing

– Liberty Alliance today announced that identity products from Entrust, HP, Oracle and Ping Identity have passed Liberty Alliance testing for SAML 2.0 interoperability. Products from these companies join the nearly 75 identity products and solutions from vendors around the world that have now passed interoperability testing since Liberty Alliance launched its Liberty Interoperable™ program in 2003.

Liberty Alliance Launches Global eGovernment Group

– Liberty Alliance today announced the launch of a new group formed to help governments speed the deployment of open standards and deliver more privacy-respecting and secure identity-based services to citizens worldwide. The Liberty Alliance eGovernment Group is open to all organizations interested in identifying and addressing common business, technical and policy challenges facing the public sector.