Detailed comparison of session-based and token-based authentication for enterprise SSO. Learn about scalability, security, and CIAM best practices.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) --the organization that develops and promotes Internet standards-- has approved three new standards this week designed to improve the security of ...

Repeated prompts to enter your Git username and password are a frustrating annoyance developers can live without. Unfortunately, if your Git installation has not been configured to use a credential ...

Correct identification of an individual using a computer or service is important because it represents the accountability of the person identified. If you know my username on a computer system, you ...

Let’s face it, using passwords to authenticate into a system is a broken mess. To be effective, passwords need to be unique, long, complex, and frequently changed, which may be acceptable in a tightly ...

Passwords – devising them, remembering them, typing them in – can be a hassle for users, but polls on whether users would be willing to use alternative authentication methods are all over the place.

A deep dive comparing API Keys, OAuth 2.0, JWT, and HMAC for CTOs. Learn which api authentication method fits your enterprise SSO and IAM strategy.

ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. However, “minimal” doesn’t mean minimal security. Minimal APIs ...

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are integral to the functionality of the internet today. By enabling communications between programs, they make many processes more efficient and convenient, ...