Date Published: June 2021
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Author(s)
William Fisher (NIST), Mark Russell (MITRE), Sudhi Umarji (MITRE), Karen Scarfone (Scarfone Cybersecurity)
Announcement
NIST Special Publication 800-63-3 defines identity federation as “a process that allows the conveyance of identity and authentication information across a set of networked systems.” Identity federation technologies can help public safety organizations (PSOs) to share information with each other more easily while also protecting that data from unauthorized access. Identity federation technologies can also help PSOs transition services to the cloud and facilitate the use of mobile devices such as smartphones.
This draft report provides PSOs with a basic primer on identity federation, and it is intended to aid PSOs in adopting identity federation technologies. PSOs considering identity federation technologies are encouraged to use the guidelines in this NISTIR. This report was developed in joint partnership between the NCCoE and the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division at NIST.
NOTE: A call for patent claims is included on page iii of this draft. For additional information, see the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Patent Policy--Inclusion of Patents in ITL Publications.
This report provides the public safety and first responder (PSFR) community with a basic primer on identity federation—a form of trust relationship and partnership involving the verification of a claimed identity. Identity federation technologies can help public safety organizations (PSOs) to share information with each other more easily while also protecting that data from unauthorized access. Identity federation technologies can also help PSOs transition services to the cloud and facilitate the use of mobile devices such as smartphones. The intent of this report is to aid the PSFR community in adopting identity federation technologies, with different portions of the report aimed at general audiences, technically capable readers, and federation technology implementers. This report was developed in joint partnership between the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division at NIST.
This report provides the public safety and first responder (PSFR) community with a basic primer on identity federation—a form of trust relationship and partnership involving the verification of a claimed identity. Identity federation technologies can help public safety organizations (PSOs) to share...
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This report provides the public safety and first responder (PSFR) community with a basic primer on
identity federation—a form of trust relationship and partnership involving the verification of a claimed identity. Identity federation technologies can help public safety organizations (PSOs) to share information with each other more easily while also protecting that data from unauthorized access. Identity federation technologies can also help PSOs transition services to the cloud and facilitate the use of mobile devices such as smartphones. The intent of this report is to aid the PSFR community in adopting identity federation technologies, with different portions of the report aimed at general audiences, technically capable readers, and federation technology implementers. This report was developed in joint partnership between the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) and the Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division at NIST.
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Keywords
identity, credential, and access management (ICAM); identity federation; OpenID Connect; public safety organization (PSO); Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Control Families
Identification and Authentication
