Federated Identity
Develop – Educate – Blueprint – Prepare Federated identity is a key
technology for linking identity systems across security boundaries to provide single sign-on,
account linking, and other benefits. While many enterprises are moving forward with federation
projects, the landscape of vendor products, standards, and specifications continues to mature rapidly.
The documents in stage 1 provide information on the standards and specification landscape as well
as outlining the business benefits for implementing federation.
Documents
- Federation in the Field: A Progress Report
- Federating in a Distributed World: Asserting Next Generation Identity Standards
- Multiprotocol Federated Identity Interoperability Demonstration
Design – Construct – Diagram
Federated identity is a key technology for linking identity systems across security boundaries
to provide single sign-on, account linking, and other benefits. While many enterprises are
moving forward with federation projects, the landscape of vendor products, standards, and
specifications continues to mature rapidly.
The documents in stage 2 provide guidance for designing federation deployments
from a technical as well as business perspective.
Documents
- TP: Federation
- Federated Identity: Early Adopter Case Studies and Lessons Learned
- Federated Identity Tutorial
- Building Federation Business Agreements (coming in 1Q07)
Assess – Evaluate – Compare Federated identity is a key technology
for linking identity systems across security boundaries to provide single sign-on, account
linking, and other benefits. While many enterprises are moving forward with federation projects,
the landscape of vendor products, standards, and specifications continues to mature rapidly.
The documents in stage 3 provide information on browser-based federation
products and information on federation standards.
The documents included in Stage 3 provide product reports that detail specific technologies related to the
implementation of an ESB strategy.
Documents
- Federation Products: Building Blocks of a Growing Federation Ecosystem
- SAML 2.0: Convergence Point for Browser Federation
- Internet2’s Shibboleth Focuses on Higher Education