Stefan Brands and Google presented Introduction to Digital Identity as a Google TechTalk on January 25, 2007 at Google headquarters.

The video covers many aspects of digital identity, including security and privacy, and is about 58 minutes in length.

Identity management is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of electronic communication and transaction systems. Applications such as electronic commerce, social networking, electronic health record management, government online, and enterprise identity and access management all critically rely on the ability to manage, provision, and authenticate the “identities” of people, devices, processes, and other entities. Three approaches to identity management can be distinguished: silo identity management, federated identity management, and user-centric identity management. Each of these has unique characteristics with regards to security, privacy,…

Watch the video below.