Identity provider

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The term identity provider or English identity provider ( IDP ) denotes a central access system for service providers services (service provider), in which the user can log in.

Identity provider systems offer important cyber security services for service providers, such as the authentication of a user for single sign-on (SSO) and the authorization of access to the resources of the identity via special APIs. To do this, the identity provider authenticates the user and forwards this information to the service provider. Communication between the identity provider and the service provider takes place using appropriate security protocols, such as B. SAML , OpenID or OAuth . Service providers can be company services, web shops, etc. For this purpose, service providers choose trustworthy identity providers.

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1. ↑ Norbert Pohlmann: Cyber ​​Security: The textbook for concepts, principles, mechanisms, architectures and properties of cyber security systems in digitization . Ed .: Springer Vieweg. 2019, ISBN 3-658-25397-5 , pp. 213-240 .