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Federated Identity

Technology Powering Innovation

Provide more value – without sacrificing controls.

The Managed Commerce Services Platform enables Software Companies to collaborate, in the realm of business, leveraging federated Identity to eliminate the technology barriers associated with collaboration. One of the key benefits of the Platform is the ability to capture the channel opportunity represented by the network. To this end, the Platform enables a consistent customer experience (with one set of credentials) and supports the needs of the owner of the customer relationship to manage authentication and business rules across the network.

The majority of payment services in the market today do not implement any form of originator authentication when processing transactions. Instead, they simply leverage identity data that is passed within the body of the transaction, unprotected. Without authentication, transaction originators are vulnerable to fraudulent transactions. Strong authentication of the transaction originator is a requirement…addressing this requirement with Federation enables the ability to bring value to your workflow, maintain your share of customer and create stickiness through value-added services, or extend your services to a wider audience through partner channels – seamlessly and securely.

What is Required to Implement Federated Identity?

  • Single Sign On (SSO)
    Customers need only one set of authentication credentials, which are validated by the channel or software and services providers who own the customer relationship. This enables a consistent customer experience that allows access to multiple services or applications across multiple parties.
  • Claims Based Authentication
    Use claims to establish business rules, such as spending limits, during authentication. These claims propagate seamlessly and securely through 3rd party solutions and can be enforced throughout the network by the IP Commerce Platform. Claims based authentication also enables authorization of discrete services and features without creating additional integration requirements on 3rd parties such as the customer’s software vendor.

SSO APIs for Federated Identity

Federated identity enables users of one domain to securely access data or systems of another domain seamlessly, and without the need for completely redundant user administration. Using IP Commerce’s SSO APIs for Federated Identity, software companies and service providers use managed Federated Identity services in the cloud to partner and provide integrated solutions that customers value. These APIs provide Single Sign-On for applications and services across multiple parties and leverage the governance power of Commerce Business Rules through claims management, thereby delivering comprehensive federation capabilities through a single, low-cost integration.

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