Challenges in federated identity management in the aviation domain

Operations in the aviation domain routinely require coordination and dynamic information exchange with multiple organizations. These organizations may be government, commercial, or private. In today´s heightened information security environment, communication between disparate organizations is often facilitated through the use of credentialing mechanisms and technologies. This short paper discusses some of the prototyping and demonstration efforts that have been performed to investigate and inform credentialing in the aviation domain.