For a long time, user authentication was implemented centrally within each individual application. With the rise of identity providers, reusable logins and single sign-on emerged. However, identity remained under the control of the providers - not the holders.
Now organizations and users can authenticate to existing IT services using their own digital identity via verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLE)I role credentials.
Using an authenticator software, a vLEI presentation is translated into traditional IAM protocols such as SAML or OAuth, enabling seamless integration into legacy systems through a plug-in solution. As a result, no changes to the existing IT infrastructure are required to identify, authenticate, and authorize users from other organizations based on their own identity credentials.
This approach allows consuming organizations to manage and revoke access rights themselves, while reducing the service provider’s administrative burden - such as creating or updating user accounts, resetting lost passwords, or removing access.
