County employees should sign in once to reach a state benefits portal without separate local passwords on that portal. Which approach best describes this design?
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Short Explanation
Federation with SAML is the county ID badge that the state portal also accepts—you prove who you are once at the trusted desk, then walk through without inventing another password.
Full Explanation
Federation and SSO using protocols such as SAML let a relying party trust authentication assertions from an identity provider. Shared password spreadsheets, disabling auth, or forcing disconnected local passwords work against centralized IAM and increase credential risk.