How To Become a Card Provider

There are several options for becoming an Information Card identity provider (IdP), as described below. For specific options in each category, please see Identity Provider Solutions in our Resource Directory.

Enterprise Identity Management Products

Severa; commercial Enterprise Identity Management and Access Management products support issuing Information Cards and offering STS (Security Token Services) to provide system-independent credentials to employees, contractors, partners, and customers.

Outsourced Web Services

SaaS (Software as a Service) and cloud services can be used to issue as well as accept Information Cards. Some of these services can be configured and tested within hours simply by calling a secure web services interface.

Open Source Identity Frameworks

Information Card IdP services are also supported by several popular open source identity and data sharing projects whose code modules in Java, C++, Ruby, and other popular languages can be integrated directly into your back-end.

For more detailed information, please see Identity Provider Solutions in our Resource Directory.