Identity As A Service

Provision of authentication, identity information, attribute information, and identity-based services using a services model. Outsourced identity management. Outsourced authentication and attribute services. Business models for third-party identity provision. Relationship as the basis for building individual identities. Reduction of identity-associated costs through moving identity management tasks from parties with weak relationships with individuals whose identities are being managed to third-party service providers who have strong relationships with individuals. Profitable identity management through reduction of relationship formation costs and improvement of relationship quality. Affinity between businesses and individuals as the basis for identity provision relationships.

• Identity as a Service
• IaaS (trademarked)
• Hosted identity services
• Identity in the cloud
• Outsourced identity management
• Business models for provision of third-party identity services

This topic relates to the Identity and Privacy coverage area - Identity Infrastructure Planning and building general-purpose infrastructure for managing and applying identity information, and supporting the digital identity lifecycle.

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