Federated Identity Management (FIM) allows users to access multiple networks or domains by using a single set of credentials. By using this single set of credentials, users can be authorized between different services with ease.

The DBMS user authentication can be delegated to an Identity Provider (IdP) that supports the OpenID Connect or OAuth2.0 protocol. The user authentication is done using the Python script ingvalidacctkn. The credentials are verified by IdP and may consist of either a username and password or a username and token combination.