Identity management is Western Europe is alive and well

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While I try to make up for this by visiting conferences and trade shows outside the United States (I'll be at the European ID Conference in Munich this May), I do rely on readers and friends to keep me posted about things of interest in their areas. Today, we'll hear from one identity management player in Western Europe who has reported on the state of the industry there. Read full story Dave Kearns is a consultant and editor of IdM, the Journal of Identity Management. Related News: Heartland tries to rally industry in wake of data breach The CEO of Heartland Payment Systems is calling for the card payments industry to share security information and consider end-to-end encryption. Monster.com reports theft of user data Monster.com is advising its users to change their passwords after data including e-mail addresses, names and phone numbers were stolen from its database. Information security 'how not to's' It's not easy getting information security right. 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