Social networking could be a force for stronger identity and access management, expert says. Facebook Platform Engineer Luke Shepard says the basic Facebook set-up allows for trust enhancement. Facebook Connect has been embraced by the likes of Netflix, USA Today, Digg, YouTube and Salesforce.com. The key for making social networking a potent force in IAM is in the various social networking sites coming together to hammer some form of standardization, he says. “A lot of this also comes down to standards,” IDC’s Charles Kolodgy said.”]

