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DOES GOOD SECURITY CONFLICT WITH THE NEED FOR WIDER DATA ACCESS?
THIS WEEK'S TERRIFIC cover story about one of the hot issues in security - ID management - highlights an important paradox in today's IT.
On the one hand, companies must do a better job of protecting personal and corporate data they store. The market demands it (see "Identity Management: Technology of Trust," page 54). Customers and partners won't work with a firm that leaks sensitive information. Increasingly, the government demands it, too (see "Leading the Charge Into Privacy Legislation," page 58).
Yet the privacy/security movement seems to run counter to another equally broad current in contemporary IT: the push to...