In a federated identity arrangement using a trusted third-party model, who is the identity provider and who is the relying party?

The correct answer is D. A contracted third party/the various member organizations of the federation. In a trusted third-party model of federation, each member organization outsources the review and approval task to a third party they all trust. This makes the third party the identifier (it issues and manages identities for all users in all organizations in the federation), and…

Submitted by fernanda_arg· Apr 18, 2026Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design

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AThe users of the various organizations within the federations within the federation/a CASB
BEach member organization/a trusted third party
CEach member organization/each member organization
DA contracted third party/the various member organizations of the federation

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In a trusted third-party model of federation, each member organization outsources the review and approval task to a third party they all trust. This makes the third party the identifier (it issues and manages identities for all users in all organizations in the federation), and the various member organizations are the relying parties (the resource providers that share resources based on approval from the third party).

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#Federated Identity#Identity Provider (IdP)#Relying Party (RP)#Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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