Decentralized Authentication

Decentralized Authentication Definition

• [i] Decentralized Authentication) - (definition:: Each system or device on a network maintains its own local user database and authentication mechanism.) - (subject:: Cybersecurity

Decentralized Authentication Example

Users must have accounts and credentials on each individual system they need to access. This would be like local user accounts on a standalone Windows computer.

Compared to Centralized Authentication, decentralized authentication is generally better in smaller standalone environments.