DENVER--()--Ping Identity®, The Cloud Identity Security Leader™, today announced that it is teaming up with Box, Google, Salesforce.com, Axiomatics and Gluu to host local editions of the Cloud Identity Summit. Taking place in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Toronto, New York City and Dallas, the events offer IT managers and security professionals the opportunity to explore the role of identity as the new perimeter at a convenient time and place. Experts from leading practitioners and vendors in identity security will discuss the ways cloud computing, mobile devices and social networking challenge common identity management.
“As cloud computing, mobile device access and social networking redefine the network boundary, identity is the new perimeter”
“As cloud computing, mobile device access and social networking redefine the network boundary, identity is the new perimeter,” said Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand. “People want access to their data and apps from any device. This is a change IT has to deal with and what’s forcing identity to become the new perimeter.”
Attendees will hear how cloud identity security can help organizations leverage the Cloud to attract and retain customers, engage with business partners and dramatically improve employee productivity. Each local edition will include:
- Promises vs. Reality: Prepare to Change your Infrastructure in 2013
- Networked Identity Progress: Google’s Vision
- BYOD Identity Security Problem
- Why the APIs Economy Makes Oauth 2.0 and OpenID Connect Important
- What’s Next for Identity in the Cloud?
In addition, each city will include an enterprise case study presentation and feature special guests, and will be held on the following dates:
- San Francisco, Oct. 22, 2012
- Chicago, Oct. 30, 2012
- Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2012
- Toronto, Nov. 7, 2012
- New York, Nov. 8, 2012
- Dallas, Nov. 14, 2012
For more information and to register for the Cloud Identity Summit local edition near you, please visit the event website at www.cloudidentitysummit.com. Follow @PingIdentity and #CIS2012 for the latest on the Cloud Identity Summit.
About Ping Identity | The Cloud Identity Security Leader
Ping Identity provides cloud identity security solutions to more than 800 of the world's largest companies, government organizations and cloud businesses. With a 99% customer satisfaction rating, Ping Identity empowers 45 of the Fortune 100 to secure hundreds of millions of employees, customers, consumers and partners using secure, open standards like SAML, OpenID and OAuth. Businesses that depend on the Cloud rely on Ping Identity to deliver simple, proven and secure cloud identity management through single sign-on, federated identity management, mobile identity security, API security, social media integration, and centralized access control. Visit pingidentity.com for more information.




