Identity as a Service

V J Prakash
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What is IDaaS
IDaas is Identity as a service
basically known for identity and
access management services which
can be availed via SAAS-software as
a service or Cloud. This is contrast to
legacy IAM Identity access
management.

Advantages of IDaaS
Better Compliance
One- login authentication rule will help the IT team to
manage and monitor the activities.

Improved Security
With the help of One-login, IT team can execute
single identity policy for the entire IT infrastructure.

Reduced Costs
No need of investing in authentication technology
and maintaining them

IDaaS Features
Identity Administration
Example: Self service access request
Access Management
Example: Single Sign On
Advanced Security and Intelligence
Example: Cloud Security and Risk
Management
Governance and Audit
Example: Data filtration and loss prevention

OAuth
OAuth is an Open Authorization
A simple and safe way to interact with data
It is basically meant to use only with HTTP protocol.

The roles of OAuth are as follows

Resource Owner: User
Resource Server or Authorization Server: API
Client: Application

References
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-BnCSTZYqU
stackoverflow; Oct 7, 2016; available at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4201431/what-exactlyis-oauth-open-authorization (Accessed: 9/10/2016)

identity as a Service (IDaaS); Margaret Rouse; March,2012; available at

http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/identity-as-a-Service-IDaaS (Accessed:
7/10/2016)
The Key Benefits of Identity-As-A-Service; Myra Koshan ,October 15, 2015; available at
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https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-oauth-2(Accessed:
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