Federated Identity Primer

by Derrick Rountree

Overview

Identity authentication and authorization are integral tasks in today's digital world. As businesses become more technologically integrated and consumers use more web services, the questions of identity security and accessibility are becoming more prevalent. Federated identity links user credentials across multiple systems and services, altering both the utility and security landscape of both. In Federated Identity Primer, Derrick Rountree.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124071896
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/10/2012
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Derrick Rountree (CISSP, CASP, MCSE) has been in the IT field for almost 20 years. He has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering. Derrick has held positions as a network administrator, IT consultant, a QA engineer, and an Enterprise Architect. He has experience in network security, operating system security, application security, and secure software development. Derrick has contributed to several other Syngress and Elsevier publications on Citrix, Microsoft, and Cisco technologies.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Identity

Chapter 2. What Is Federated Identity?

Chapter 3. Federated Identity Technologies

Chapter 4. Deployment Options

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What you need to know to get started with federated authentication