Partner & B2B Identity
Federated identity for cross-organization collaboration
Overview
Partner and B2B Identity solutions enable secure collaboration across organizational boundaries—with suppliers, distributors, contractors, joint venture partners, and enterprise customers. Through identity federation, organizations grant external parties access to specific applications without creating local accounts, sharing passwords, or managing...
Key Capabilities
- SAML 2.0 and OIDC federation with unlimited partner IdPs
- Federated SSO with JIT user provisioning and deprovisioning
- Guest/ad-hoc access for non-federated external users
- Attribute mapping and claims transformation engine
- Partner self-service: onboarding portal, metadata exchange, testing tools
- Risk-based access policies per partner organization
Key Benefits
- No external credentials to manage—partners use their own enterprise identity
- Partner onboarding reduced from weeks to hours with self-service federation
- Clean access termination when partnerships end—no orphaned accounts
- Audit trail proving exactly which partner users accessed what
Key Technologies & Standards
Leading Vendors
Okta
Microsoft
Ping
ForgeRock
1ID💡 Why It Matters
Third-party risk is exploding. According to 2025 research, 62% of breaches originate from third-party access—supply chain attacks, partner credential compromise, or vendor VPN abuse. Target, SolarWinds, and Okta breaches all involved compromised third-party access. Traditional approaches—creating local accounts for partners, sharing VPN credentials—create unmanaged risk. B2B identity federation ensures: partners use their own credentials (no shared passwords); you control what they access (not full VPN); access is automatically revoked when partnership ends; every access is auditable. Zero Trust demands treating partner access with the same rigor as employee access.
