Testimonials

“In France we don’t use unique identifiers. The French Administration refuses to work with them in computing files. It is, in fact, forbidden by law. In France, privacy is a very, very sensitive issue. What’s so attractive about the Liberty Alliance is that the specifications allow data exchange and single sign-on without having a unique identifier in circulation.”

“Much of our work is in e-government. In 2003, we were working on an e-voting project and we wanted to be sure there was strong authentication and respect for privacy in place. The only solution we found that was acceptable and that fully met our needs was from the Liberty Alliance.”

“Standards are very important in France. We believe that everything that is good for the Liberty Alliance is good for us. We are very happy about the convergence around different standards and SAML 2.0.”

“The Liberty Alliance has become the de facto platform for businesses around the world addressing identity theft and its mitigation. Liberty’s work on identity theft is an extension of its work in federated identity and Web services. If we want to define how to use identity, we have to think hard about the ‘Dark Side of the Force.’”

“The beauty of the Liberty Alliance is that it works not only on technology standards but on business and policy issues as well. And this is important. The commitment by over 150 organizations across the globe to develop and deploy standards accelerates the growth of business. The alternative would be to wait for governments to convene and to make decisions on standards--and that could take years.”