October 06 Tuesday 16:30 – 18:00 Session SEC.3 Room E Managing digital identity: the good, the bad, the ugly Digital identities are central to modern life in performing banking transactions, making purchases, obtaining medical treatment, as well as building and maintaining personal or corporate reputations. Identity theft is now a serious threat, both on the Internet and in data recovered from stolen or second hand discs and computers. Protecting corporate, customer, employee and personal digital identity is vitally important. KEY QUESTIONS: – How can critical data be properly protected? – What tools are now available to protect digital identity and how can they be best implemented at the national or corporate level? – How can identity management processes be implemented and improved? This Session has been prepared in cooperation with the Geneva Security Forum (GSF). Moderator Ms Deborah Taylor Tate, Former Commissioner, U.S. Federal Communications Commission (United States) Panellists Mr Ron Williams, Senior Enterprise Architect, Security and Privacy, IBM Corporation (United States) Mr R. Ramamurthy, Chairman, Cyber Society of India (India) Mr Robert Hensler, State Chancellor, State of Geneva (Switzerland) Mr Pascal Thoniel, Chairman & CEO, NTX Research SA (France) Ms Jaya Baloo, Practice Lead Unified Communications, Professional Services Nl, ME, A, Verizon Business (Netherlands) Mrs Kelly Richdale, VP International Sales & Managing Director International Operations, L1 – Enterprise Access Division (United States) 44