What is Federated Identity Management and how does it work?

by | May 15, 2020 | CCNP, CompTIA, Exclusive Articles, Featured, Securing Authentication

Federated Identity Management

What is Federated Identity Management?

A federated identity is the means of linking a user’s identity information stored across different identity management systems. In Federated Identity Management, an arrangement is made between multiple organizations, such that users can use the same credentials to access networks of all the organizations in the group.

When two different domains are federated, the identity federation links a user’s identity across the domains. As a result, the user can authenticate to one domain and access resources of the other domains without going through a separate login process again.

How does Federated Identity Management work and how is it different from Single Sign-On (SSO)? In this article, we would discuss that in detail.


In this article, we will discuss:

  • What is Federated Identity Management?

  • An Example of Federated Identity Management

  • How does Federated Identity Management work?

  • What are the advantages of Federated Identity Management?

  • What are the disadvantages of Federated Identity Management?

  • What is the difference between Federated Identity Management and SSO?

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Amrita Mitra

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Ms. Amrita Mitra is an author, who has authored the books “Cryptography And Public Key Infrastructure“, “Web Application Vulnerabilities And Prevention“, “A Guide To Cyber Security” and “Phishing: Detection, Analysis And Prevention“. She is also the founder of Asigosec Technologies, the company that owns The Security Buddy.

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