Google, PayPal, Equifax, VeriSign, Verizon, CA, and Booz Allen Hamilton have formed a nonprofit company to oversee the development and exchange of online identity credentials on Web sites as a way to help with the user ID and password problems we all face. The goal of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX) is to create a “trust framework” and certification program that lets organizations and individuals exchange digital credentials and know what … [Read more...]