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IBM believes that the environment has shifted. With increased security protection on most systems and stiffer penalties, we are seeing organized, committed, and tenacious profiteers enter this space. This means that attacks will be more targeted and potentially damaging.

The decrease in pervasive attacks in 2005 is counter-intuitive to what society at large believes is a major threat to their personal data. IBM believes that the environment has shifted - with increased security protection on most systems and stiffer penalties, we are seeing organized, committed, and tenacious profiteers enter this space. This means that attacks will be more targeted and potentially damaging. Organizations around the world - from the public and private sectors - must move quickly and work together to address this growing challenge.

While people often think of identity management in 'defensive' terms, one of the most important benefits of IDMS is that it can help organizations to enable new services and business models that might otherwise be too risky too implement. Financial institutions, for example, are under increasing pressure to eliminate business line silos and take a company-wide view of their customers, in order to better provide them with the products and services that meet their individual needs. Yet, this imperative challenges traditional identity management processes, controls and governance structures. IDMS is designed to help our clients minimize risk and fraud loss, as well as, help them develop the new processes and governance they'll need to offer robust identity-based products and services.