Is PingFederate a SAML?

PingFederate is a federation server that provides identity management, single sign-on, and API security for the enterprise.

What is PingAccess and PingFederate?

PingAccess is a policy server so it handles authorization requests in which we can implement all kinds of business logic to validate and authorize the requests. PingFederate is a federated server so it knows how to authenticate the user and provides an access to a particular resource.

How does PingFederate SSO work?

Single sign-on, or SSO, allows users to access multiple applications with one set of credentials. That means you can sign in once to a business’ system (your employer or a business site you’re using online) and then you don’t have to enter your username and password each time to access each app they have.

What is the difference between PingID and PingFederate?

Used together, PingFederate integrates with the PingID service for MFA, PingID is hosted in the cloud and is administer via the PingOne console. Differences, PingFederate offers more complete federation standards support then does PingOne. For example PingFederate supports WS-Fed and WS-Trust.

How do I learn PingFederate?

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  1. Module 1: Introduction to Federation, Web SSO and SAML.
  2. Module 2: Overview of PingFederate.
  3. Module 3: Installing PingFederate and Configuring the Server.
  4. Module 4: Configuring IdP and SP Web SSO Connections.
  5. Module 5: Configuring and integrating service and authentication applications.

Is SAML and SSO the same?

SAML enables Single-Sign On (SSO), a term that means users can log in once, and those same credentials can be reused to log into other service providers.

What is PingAccess?

PingAccess is a centralized access security solution with a comprehensive policy engine. It provides secure access to applications and APIs down to the URL level, and ensures that only authorized users access the resources they need.

What is a ping directory?

PingDirectory is a high-performance, extensible data store for customer, partner and employee identity data. It helps enterprises build a unified profile from multiple data sources with the ability to manage hundreds of millions of entries at high performance during peak usage.

Why is PingFederate used for?

PingFederate is an enterprise federation server that enables user authentication and single sign-on. It serves as a global authentication authority that allows employees, customers and partners to securely access all the applications they need from any device.

Is PingFederate as IDP?

Overview. Partnership creation between PingFederate and PAS involves the following steps: Configuring PingFederate as an identity provider (IDP). For more information, see Configure PingFederate as the SAML Identity Provider for PAS.

What is PingFederate used for?

Is PingFederate an IDP?