Distributed Identity (Dictionary Entry)

Owned by David Doret
Last updated: 21-18-2020
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Contexts

IAM

Term

Distributed Identity

Alternative Forms

  • Distributed Account

  • Distributed ID

Definitions

An identity, part of it, or some representation of it, stored in an external system as the result of identity propagation.

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The term distributed identity represents user identity information, for example, an X.500 distinguished name and associated LDAP realm, that originates from a remote system. The distributed identity is created in one system and is passed to one or more other systems over a network.

(IBM, 2020a)

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