In an organization all customer information is stored in an Active Directory (AD). Special applications for customer contracts and transactions are all connected to this AD. This organization wants…

In an organization all customer information is stored in an Active Directory (AD). Special applications for customer contracts and transactions are all connected to this AD. This organization wants to enable customers to see their information online. Therefore, a web environment has been deployed including WebSphere Application Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) and IBM Security Access Manager. For security reasons the organization decided that this web environment cannot directly connect to Active Directory but should use its own directory, ITDS. A letter will be sent to each customer with its personal login details. What is the least labor intensive way to authenticate a customer online?