A federated authentication policy will be developed as part of the ongoing maturation of the Australian Government Architecture. To provide input, please contact architecture@dta.gov.au.
Applicability
Digital investment proposals are assessed against this policy by the DTA through the Digital and ICT Investment Oversight Framework (IOF).
This federated authentication policy (position) may be useful to Commonwealth entities investing in entitlement solutions.
This Federated Authentication policy position represents the DTA’s opinion of best practice and will be further refined upon feedback provided.
Policy (position)
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Onboard to the Federated Authentication Service (FAS) as identity providers.
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Onboard services to the FAS as relaying parties.
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Avoid investment in new or standalone federated authentication solutions.