Localized identity management in limited communication networks

A method for managing computing devices comprising:

• receiving, at a coordinator device, a request from a coordinated device for accessing local computing device resources associated with the coordinated device;
• evaluating, at the coordinator device, local authentication and authorization information based on unavailability of a network-based service, wherein the unavailability is based on one or more of network connectivity, availability of secure transmissions, and criteria defining conditions for the coordinator device to transmit requests to the network-based service;
• generating, at the coordinator device, a processing result regarding the evaluation of the local authentication and authorization information;
• and
• transmitting, by the coordinator device, the processing result responsive to the received request.

A method for managing computing devices comprising:

• receiving, at a coordinator device, a request for accessing computing device resources associated with a coordinated device, wherein the coordinator device is independent of the coordinated device and a network-based authentication service;
• determining, at the coordinator device, availability of the network-based authentication service based on at least one of network connectivity, availability of secure transmissions, and criteria defining conditions for transmission of the request to the network-based authentication service;
• and
• determining, at the coordinator device, to process the request using local authentication and authorization information based on unavailability of the network-based authentication service.