County applications currently force unique passwords everywhere, while a trusted state identity provider already authenticates the same employees. Which approach applies federated identity management?
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Short Explanation
If the state already knows who these employees are, stop inventing a new password island for every county app. Federate to the trusted state IdP and consume its assertions. Nightly password copies, forever-local passwords, or “badge photo equals login” are not federation.
Full Explanation
Federated Identity Management lets relying parties accept authentication and attributes from a trusted identity provider, reducing password sprawl and centralizing assurance. County apps that trust a state IdP can authorize based on federated assertions without maintaining separate credential stores per application. Synchronizing passwords or rejecting federation reintroduces credential management burden and risk. Physical badges alone do not constitute federated network authentication.