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Federated identity management enables authorized users to access multiple platforms using a single set of credentials. To learn more about it, read our text.<\/em><\/p>

In the past, each website or application required a set of credentials. This meant every time you wanted to access a service, you had to create a username and password, which were stored on that platform.<\/p>

Thus, when accessing the website again, it was necessary to re-enter the credentials because the users did not remain connected, even if the websites were managed by the same organization.<\/p>

Also, when\u00a0companies<\/a>\u00a0wanted to transfer user credentials from one domain to another, they had to use a new authentication system.<\/p>

As the\u00a0internet<\/a>\u00a0became more complex, developers realized this authentication system was not scalable and\u00a0federated identity management<\/strong>\u00a0would be the best solution in this regard.<\/p>

In this article, we discuss\u00a0federated identity management<\/strong>\u00a0and its different concepts. To facilitate your reading, we divided the text into the following topics:<\/p>

1. What Is a Federated Identity System?<\/strong><\/h3>

2. What Is the Difference Between SSO and Federated Identity?<\/strong><\/h3>

3. What Is SAML Federated Identity?<\/strong><\/h3>

4. What Are the Two Components of a Federated Identity System?<\/strong><\/h3>

5. Advantages of Federated Identity<\/strong><\/h3>

6. senhasegura and AuthID Integration<\/strong><\/h3>

7. About senhasegura<\/strong><\/h3>

8. Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>

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Enjoy the read!<\/p>

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1. What Is a Federated Identity System?<\/strong><\/h2>

A federated identity is a system that enables authorized users to access different services using a single set of credentials securely and efficiently.<\/p>

In practice, when a company implements this solution, its users can access Active Directory, partner websites, and web applications, among other services without logging in separately.<\/p>

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2. What Is the Difference Between SSO and Federated Identity?<\/strong><\/h2>

Single sign-on (SSO) is a solution that allows users to access multiple platforms through a single set of credentials. In practice, when the user logs into an SSO service, they have access to connected websites and applications, without having to log in again.<\/p>

That is, SSO is a feature of\u00a0federated identity management<\/strong>\u00a0and makes it possible to provide secure logins to users, while\u00a0federated identity management<\/strong>\u00a0itself provides access to resources from various organizations.<\/p>

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3. What Is SAML?<\/strong><\/h2>

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is a protocol used to enable identity providers (IdP) to pass authorization credentials to service providers (SP). With this, one can use a single set of credentials to access different services.<\/p>

For standardized communications between the identity provider and service providers, SAML transactions use Extensible Markup Language (XML). SAML connects the authentication of a user\u2019s identity to the authorization for using a service.<\/p>

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4. What Are the Two Components of a Federated Identity System?<\/strong><\/h2>

The federated identity covers two concepts: Identity Provider (IdP) and Service Provider (SP).<\/p>

The first consists of an entity that creates and manages user identities and authenticates them for other applications where IdP is required.<\/p>

The second refers to an entity that provides web services. In practice, SPs do not authenticate users on their own, but need the IdP to authenticate them.<\/p>

5. Advantages of Federated Identity<\/strong><\/h2>

Federated identity management<\/strong>\u00a0brings several advantages to users. Among them, we can highlight:<\/p>