EXPLORE THE KNOWLEDGE BASE

Standards & protocols

Know what OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, SCIM, WebAuthn, LDAP, and Shared Signals actually solve.

6 articlesStart with the foundations

Choose the right family of standards for authentication, authorization, and provisioning.

Understand identity providers, service providers, assertions, and metadata.

Use a shared schema and HTTP protocol to manage users and groups across systems.

Understand factor types, phishing resistance, and the importance of the recovery path.

Understand the directory and network-authentication protocols still central to many organizations.

Let identity providers and applications notify each other of session revocations, credential changes, and compromise.