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Identity Provider (IdP)

The system — Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra, Okta and similar — that a firm trusts to authenticate its own staff, and which an SSO-enabled application defers to instead of managing its own separate password for each user.

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Related terms

  • ICFR / IFC (Internal Financial Controls)

    The controls a company has in place over its financial reporting process. The statutory auditor is required to report on their operating effectiveness for specified companies.

  • ID Token

    A signed token issued by an identity provider at the end of a sign-in, asserting who the user is (their email, among other claims) — the artifact an SSO-enabled application verifies rather than trusting a password directly.

  • Ind AS

    Indian Accounting Standards — the accounting framework converged with IFRS, applicable to companies above specified thresholds; smaller companies continue to apply the older Accounting Standards (AS).

  • Ind AS 1

    Governs the presentation of financial statements — their structure and minimum content requirements.

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