User Authentication Based on Network Context

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory comprising modules including instructions that are to be executed by the at least one processor, the modules comprising:
• a user location determination module configured to:
• receive, in response to a request transmitted from a computing device to access a computing solution, a command to authenticate a user of the computing device;
• and
• determine, in response to receiving the command, whether a network address corresponding to the request matches at least one network address associated with a protected network;
• an authentication module configured to authenticate the user in response to the network address corresponding to the request not matching the at least one network address associated with the protected network;
• and
• a delegation module configured to delegate, in response to the network address corresponding to the request matching the at least one network address associated with the protected network, the authentication of the user to an identity management system located within the protected network.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a computing solution in response to a request transmitted from a computing device to access the computing solution, a command to authenticate a user of the computing device, the command including a network address of a communication device from which the request was received at the computing solution;
• determining whether the network address corresponding to the request matches at least one network address associated with a protected network;
• initiating, in response to the network address corresponding to the request not matching the at least one network address associated with the protected network, authentication of the user via an identity provider corresponding to the computing solution;
• and
• in response to the network address corresponding to the request matching the at least one network address associated with the protected network, delegating the authentication of the user to an identity management system located within the protected network.