Whether you are boarding a flight, checking into a hotel or requesting a passport, in order to complete any of these tasks you must first verify your identity (authentication). Followed by flight and seat assignment, reservation and credit card confirmation and citizenship verification (authorisation). In today's ever changing technology landscape, identity is becoming the only true identifier. When we think about authentication and authorisation, both have their place in the identity and access management space but authentication is key to the identity component and key to federation. This is where OpenID Connect comes into play.