Continuing Questions Over Technology Standards for ID Systems
Which is better: a complex credential and identity management system with multiple technologies and standards, or a streamlined, one-size-fits-all approach? How about the trade-offs of speed versus security? Disputes over which technology standards should become the norm for identity management programs, or whether the existing menagerie of standards should be retained, have inflamed privacy disputes and spurred industry rivalries.
The Credential Conundrum, Government Computing News, June 18, 2007.