The Identity Bridge for People and Services

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Introduction

Most organisations today need two kinds of trust to grow safely online:

• Trust in people - knowing a customer, citizen or employee really is who they say they are, no matter which identity app, bank, or login provider they use.
  
  
• Trust in services - knowing that the software calling your API, the app logging in, or the partner system you’re connecting to is a legitimate, accredited entity that’s allowed to be there.

An identity bridge is the missing layer that makes both kinds of trust work together. Think of it as a universal adaptor: it connects many identity providers to many relying parties, and checks two things on every interaction - the credential being presented and the issuer behind it - so you can accept the login or API call with confidence.

Raidiam: The Identity Bridge for People and Services

Raidiam is that bridge. We combine a participant directory (the “who’s allowed in” list), digital proof of organisation and software identity (certificate‑backed, so it can’t be faked), and a standards‑aligned authorisation service (so apps and APIs speak one common, secure language).

The result: a single trust plane you can reuse across regulatory ecosystems and enterprise platforms, for people and services, without rebuilding the foundations every time.

What is an Identity Bridge?

At its simplest, an identity bridge is a connection service that:

• Lets people sign in using the identity they already have (a bank app, a government credential, a mobile wallet, a corporate Identity Provider (IdP)), while giving relying parties consistent, easy‑to‑consume confirmations of who’s on the other end.
  
  
• Lets services prove who they are (apps, APIs, machines), with strong, non‑shareable credentials and clear, searchable records of each organisation and software client in a trusted directory.

Crucially, a real bridge does verification on both sides: it validates the credential and checks that the issuer is in good standing - like scanning the boarding pass and confirming the airline’s licence. That’s how you get a trust chain you can stand behind in audits, procurement, and production.

With Raidiam, that trust chain is anchored in a participant directory with embedded digital certificates and a financial‑grade token service - packaged so you can drop it into ecosystems or enterprises without starting from scratch.

The Identity Bridge for People (User Identity)

Make sign‑in simple, and trustworthy across providers

Customers shouldn’t need to create new accounts everywhere. With Raidiam, you can accept logins from many identity providers (from banks to enterprise IdPs) and present relying parties with a clear, standard confirmation of the person and the attributes they consented to share. That means fewer forms, faster checkout, and fewer drop‑offs - without lowering your guard.

Proof, not paperwork

The privacy‑protecting pattern we embedded in Australia’s digital identity ecosystem shows how this works at national scale: trusted parties confirm specific attributes (like name or date of birth) instead of passing personal documents around. People approve each request in their trusted app, and relying parties receive attestations - a “yes/no with details” - not raw data. It reduces data hoarding, speeds onboarding, and cuts fraud exposure for everyone involved. It’s live today for well over 10 million Australians.

Instant access, with the right guardrails

When someone signs in, the bridge can set up their account on the fly (often called just‑in‑time (JIT) provisioning) and apply the right roles for the service they’re using. That means fewer tickets for IT, and no more emailing spreadsheets to create accounts: people get only the access they need, right when they need it.

The identity bridge for services (software & API identity)

Prove what’s calling you - every time

For services, usernames and passwords aren’t enough. Raidiam outfits every organisation and software client with unique, non‑shareable digital credentials and keeps them in a live directory. When an API call arrives, your systems can see exactly which accredited app from which accredited company is on the other end - and you can switch off a misbehaving client across the estate with a single action. Think of it as tamper‑proof caller ID for software.

One token language for all your apps

Instead of a jumble of bespoke tokens, the bridge issues short‑lived, signed tokens under widely‑adopted standards. Your gateways and services verify them the same way, every time. That consistency lowers integration effort, makes audits simpler, and avoids fragile point‑to‑point agreements that don’t scale.

Access rules that write themselves (from your API spec)

Authorisation shouldn’t slow delivery. Raidiam’s Policy Engine can read your API blueprint and auto‑suggest roles and permissions that follow least‑privilege principles - ready to plug into your gateway and token service. You get consistent, reviewable access control without weeks of manual policy work.

How Raidiam delivers in regulatory ecosystems

For people: a safer, faster way to prove identity

National and sector schemes need high assurance and low friction. The Australian model demonstrates a privacy‑first exchange where people use their existing financial app to approve sharing just the attributes required, not entire documents - reducing the number of places sensitive data is stored. Relying parties get standard, trusted confirmations they can accept across industries. The result is a live, scalable ecosystem - not a pilot.

For services: a common trust framework for every connection

Ecosystems also need to trust organisations and software. Raidiam provides a central participant directory that records who’s accredited, which apps belong to whom, and which APIs they can call—backed by digital certificates so identity can’t be forged. Operators gain a network‑wide “kill switch” for instant suspensions and a single source of truth that resource servers check at runtime. This same foundation now underpins national open data programmes across thousands of institutions and billions of API calls - so it’s battle‑tested far beyond identity alone.

Why it works

• Privacy by design: only the minimum data needed, under explicit user consent.
• Clarity for verifiers: standard confirmations of identity and issuer status.
• Operational control: one place to accredit, onboard, rotate credentials and revoke access across the network.

How Raidiam delivers in the enterprise

For people: bring your own IdP, keep a single experience

Your customers and partners already have identities - so meet them where they are. Raidiam brokers sign‑in from multiple IdPs behind the scenes and gives your apps a single, consistent login outcome. Add JIT provisioning so accounts appear automatically at first sign‑in, and layer step‑up for sensitive actions. You keep your existing user directories and SSO; the bridge just connects the dots and cleans up the experience.

For services: faster partner onboarding, stronger API security

Replace static keys and brittle VPNs with certificate‑backed client identities and self‑service registration. Partners register their apps in your developer portal‑style workflow, receive strong credentials, and start integrating in hours - not weeks - while you retain fine‑grained control over what each client can access. Many organisations use this model to satisfy financial‑grade security expectations with far less manual effort.

Why enterprises choose this approach

• Speed: self‑service onboarding removes manual back‑and‑forth and accelerates go‑lives.
• Security: every app is uniquely identified; tokens are short‑lived and verifiable; suspicious clients can be cut off centrally.
• Fit: works alongside your existing API gateway (Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft) and user IAM (Okta, Ping, Azure AD), so there’s no rip‑and‑replace.

Why Raidiam (and why now)

• Proven at national scale: Our trust plane runs some of the world’s largest open data programmes - spanning 1,000+ institutions - and powers a live digital identity ecosystem serving 10M+ people. You’re buying what’s already working, not a proof‑of‑concept.
• One bridge for people and services: We unify human sign‑in, organisational accreditation, software identity, and token issuance into one coherent trust contract. Fewer moving parts; fewer surprises.
• Standards with substance: Financial‑grade protocols where they matter, packaged in plain language so your teams can integrate quickly and your auditors can sleep at night.
• Authorisation that keeps up: Turn your API specifications into ready‑to‑review roles and permissions - a faster path to least‑privilege access, consistently applied across services.

What you get on Day 1

For people (user identity)

• Accept logins from multiple identity providers while presenting a single, consistent experience to your apps.
• JIT account creation and step‑up for sensitive actions.
• Consent‑led sharing of only the attributes required.

For services (software & API identity)

• A live directory of organisations and applications, with certificate‑backed credentials for every client.
• Short‑lived, signed tokens your gateways can verify in a standard way.
• Central control over onboarding, rotation and revocation - your network‑wide kill switch.

For your teams

• Faster integrations (self‑service where it’s safe).
• Clearer audits (who accessed what, under which accreditation).
• Policy at the speed of delivery (roles/scopes drafted from your API blueprints).

Where this lands commercially

• Reduce cost of onboarding: less manual SSO setup and fewer bespoke API keys.
• Improve conversion: familiar sign‑in for users; less friction at the point of need.
• Shorten sales cycles: the bridge becomes your repeatable trust story for partners and regulators - show, don’t tell.

Closing thought

Fragmented identity slows growth and raises risk. A bridge solves for both people and services at once - so you can scale with confidence. With Raidiam, you don’t have to choose between frictionless experiences and rock‑solid assurance. You get both, from a single trust plane that works across ecosystems and enterprises. 

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If you’d like to read or share this article offline, you can download the PDF version: The Identity Bridge for People and Services.