As an ever greater number of government services move to the Internet, there is a drive to ensure that citizens can be authenticated for any of these services using a single set of credentials. This provides benefits for the government in streamlining the authentication process and also for the citizen because they do not have to remember endless lists of usernames and passwords.
This, in turn, increases security by making it less likely that citizens will write down their usernames and passwords and by focusing security efforts on implementing best practise in a single Enterprise Security System. In it's Out-of-the-Box form, IBM Cúram Universal Access uses it's own authentication system which is backed up by a database of registered users. IBM Cúram Universal Access can also now be configured to integrate with External Security Systems.
IBM Cúram Universal Access can be deployed in Identity Only mode for registered users so that account creation happens externally and user accounts defer externally for authentication. For full details on how to configure IBM Cúram Universal Access to integrate with external authentication systems see the Cúram Universal Access Configuration Guide.