I’ve recently been asked by a customer what would be the business case for Identity Providers, in the context of federated identity management …
This question specifically referred to Identity Providers that just play this role i.e. have no additional stake in providing other services (e.g. being also Service Providers) and, by doing this, ensure real “separation of duty” between who handle identities & authentication (them) and relying parties that “consume” this information.
Any link to available material (so far, I haven’t found anything particularly relevant)? Any thought?
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