Experts comment on U-Prove SDK

Here is what several experts have to say about the U-Prove™ SDK:

Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada:

“The success of large-scale information technology initiatives depends critically upon their public acceptance and use. In order for this to occur, the public must have confidence and trust in the data privacy and security claims being made. Credentica’s innovative U-Prove product promises to do this by giving users the ability to minimize the collection and use of their personal data in online transactions, and to maintain control of their identities.”

Scott Cantor, security architect at Ohio State University and an author of OpenSAML and Shibboleth:

“Deployment of standards-based identity and assertion frameworks on the web is rapidly increasing across government, education, and industry. It’s critical that we as technologists, however well-intentioned, understand the social and privacy implications of these technologies before they lead to unintended consequences. The exciting technology in the U-Prove product has the potential to move these standards forward with powerful new privacy and security capabilities that could drive adoption higher, and make the online experience not only more capable but immeasurably safer.”

Mike Neuenschwander, Vice President and Research Director at Burton Group:

“The U-Prove product leads an emerging category of technology that will move the industry forward substantially on issues of identification and privacy. Credentica’s technology embodies many of the concepts that Burton Group analysts have forwarded, such as direct storage and control over personal information and sharing information without revealing source data (see identityblog.burtongroup.com). This release of the U-Prove product empowers developers to find reliable solutions to pressing, but complicated problems of trust across federated environments.”

(Leading market analyst Burton Group has published a report on user-centric identity previewing the U-Prove product.)