April 2011 archive
These articles keep their original April 2011 web addresses. Each one has been rewritten from scratch in 2026 to reflect current standards and practice.
Topics: Authorization · Cloud computing · Events & community · General · Identity & access management · Federation · Information security · Mobile security · Social login · News · Technical · Archives
- Federation
Federation and Entitlement Management: How They Fit Together
Federation tells an app who the user is; entitlement management decides what they may do. How SAML, OIDC, SCIM and policy engines divide the work.
- Cloud computing
Calling On-Premises Web Services From the Cloud, Securely
How cloud apps can call web services that still live in your data center: gateways, mTLS, token exchange and why you should not just open a firewall port.