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What Is Federation Identity Management?

In this video, you will learn about federation identity management, which is subtlety different from SSO.

In this video, you will learn about federation identity management.

Federation identity management is subtly different to SSO. While it also makes use of a single credential to access multiple systems like SSO, it will additionally allow access across multiple security domains. Once you’ve watched the video, consider the question below.

Reflect and share: Now that you have an idea of the difference between SSO and federation identity management, can you think of some examples of how one or both have manifested in your context? Share in the comments below.

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