November 2018
This report assesses how the emerging market for context-aware information can be applied to solve future identity management needs. It proposes a framework for contextaware identity management that builds upon existing and future authentication and authorization infrastructure to deliver a more robust set of solutions for network providers, enterprises, IT operations and consumer-based services. It also addresses the role of context-aware identity management in supporting the need of federated authentication and authorization processes when the context management functions reside in a different domain.