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Episode 547: Nicholas Manson on Identity Management for Cloud Applications

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What Is the Purpose of an Identity Management System?

An identity management system's purpose is to provide a basis for trust. It gives us confidence that the caller of our service, speaking from the point of view of a developer of a cloud service, is the user we think they are. So at the core, it's a very abstract goal. More concretely, its goal is to authenticate the user.

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