A user-centric federated single sign-on system

  • Authors:
  • Suriadi Suriadi;Ernest Foo;Audun Jøsang

  • Affiliations:
  • Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia;Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia;Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Current identity management systems are not concerned with user privacy. Users must assume that identity providers and service providers will ensure their privacy, which is not always the case. This paper proposes an extension of the existing federated single sign-on (FSSO) systems that adopts the beneficial properties of the user-centric identity management (UCIM) model. This new identity management system allows the users to control and enforce their privacy requirements while still retaining the convenience of single sign-on over a federation of service providers. Colored Petri Nets are used to formally model the new identity management system to provide assurance that the privacy goals are achieved. To our knowledge, Colored Petri Nets have not been used to model privacy in identity management systems before.