Bring Your Own Identity

Bring Your Own Identity

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Alternative Forms

  • BYOI

  • BYOID

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Definition 1

Bring Your Own Identity (or BYOI, or BYOID) is an Identity and Access Management approach whereby digital identities are re-used across multiple distinct services and Identity Providers.

Digital Identities in BYOI may be issued by public sector organizations (as in Government eID), and/or by private sector organizations.

The benefits for the entities owning the digital identities are:

  • Simplified management of digital identities by reducing their number

The benefits for the service organizations are:

  • Avoidance of Identity Provider costs

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