Archive for the ‘Architecture’ category

Part One: Software Development Lifecycle (Architecture and Design)

April 5, 2012

Last year, James McGovern who previously was in the role of Chief Security Architect for The Hartford and now is the lead Enterprise Architect for HP focused on insurance and I held several discussions (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) on using entitlements management within the insurance vertical. Now that we are in a new [...]

XACML – so much more than some people can see!

June 29, 2011

This is Felix Gaehtgens and I am one of the latest additions to the Axiomatics team. My colleagues Gerry Gebel and David Brossard were so nice to offer me a space on their blogs. As a former industry analyst, I’m going to start here, and post my future more technical musings on David’s blog. Speaking [...]

Part Three: Enterprise Authorization Scenarios with James McGovern

April 6, 2011

Here is the third installment in a series of conversations I have had with James McGovern, enterprise architect extraordinaire. In this post, we expand the scope from insurance scenarios to include some broader enterprise contexts for externalized authorization. JM: Over the last couple of years, I have had lots of fascinating conversations with Architects in [...]

Take 3, talking authZ and TOCTOU with Gunnar

March 18, 2011

Here is part 3 of a conversation with Gunnar Peterson where we continue talking about externalized authorization, who in the organization is involved in an XACML system deployment – and it even includes a discussion of TOCTOU concerns as it relates to a XACML system. Thanks also to my colleagues, David Brossard and Pablo Giambiagi, for [...]

Part Two: Insurance Authorization Scenarios with James McGovern

March 2, 2011

The conversation with James McGovern continues… here is the next installment in a series of posts on the applicability of XACML-based authorization for the insurance industry: JM: We had a great discussion covering basic entitlement scenarios and how they can be applied to the insurance vertical. Are you ready for some scenarios that are more [...]

Have it your way

March 1, 2011

Recent conversations with prospective customers have made me think of the long time Burger King slogan, “have it your way”. For Burger King, it was a way to offer an alternative approach to the one-size-fits-all menu of its competitors – chiefly MacDonalds. In most fast food restaurants, it is difficult to make modifications to your [...]


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