Secure Federation

This common capability allows to establish and maintain trust across business domains by means of provable security, so that secure federation lifecycle (creation, evolution, and termination) can be managed and controlled by the parties involved.

Secure Federation is required so that a number of parties can join together and communicate securely between them. They also need assurance that messages are from other members of the federation. So the federation must allow for creation and then the continued joining and leaving of federation members. The federation needs to be built upon provable security assertions.