Securing Everything: Mapping the Right Identity and Access Protocol (OIDC, OAuth2, and SAML) to the Right Identity (opens in new tab)

Overview Identity and access security is built on two fundamental requirements: Authentication (AuthN) — who you are, and Authorization (AuthZ) — what you are allowed to do. Every secure system must answer both questions clearly and consistently. In modern architecture, these questions are posed to two primary categories of actors trying to access applications: