tag: identity
Identity
Digital identity in general: how people and services are identified, authenticated and represented across systems.
Articles
- Social login
Social Login and CIAM Explained
How social login works with OpenID Connect, what customer identity and access management (CIAM) platforms add, and how to handle consent, linking and vendor exits.
- General
How to Choose an Identity Integration Partner
What to look for when you hire outside help for an IAM or API security project: relevant experience, standards depth, handover, references and red flags.
- Events & community
Identity for Telecom and Broadband Cloud Services
How telecom operators and broadband providers use identity: subscriber sign-in, network APIs such as number verification, federation with partners and privacy rules.
- Mobile security
Securing Cloud and Mobile Access With One Identity Layer
Phones, laptops and SaaS apps reach company data from outside the network. How one identity layer with MFA, device signals and conditional access protects them.
- Events & community
Identity Conferences Worth Following, and How to Get Value
The identity and access management events that shape the field, from Identiverse and EIC to IIW and IETF meetings, and how to pick the right one for your team.
- Identity & access management
OpenID to OpenID Connect: What Changed and Why It Matters
OpenID 2.0 gave way to OpenID Connect in 2014. What the newer protocol does differently, how ID tokens work and what is left of the old OpenID today.
- 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.
Guides
- IAM building block
Authentication: proving who someone is
How authentication works in 2026: knowledge, possession and inherence factors, phishing-resistant MFA, passkeys, NIST assurance levels and service authentication.
- Guides
IAM building blocks
The five building blocks of identity and access management explained: authentication, authorization, federation, provisioning and audit, with standards for each.
- Platform category
Jump-start: choosing an IAM platform
A step-by-step method for choosing an IAM platform: scenarios, deployment model, standards support, proof of concept and planning your exit.
- Platform category
Other tools in the identity stack
Supporting tools around IAM: directories, PKI and certificate management, secrets managers, HSMs and KMS, privileged access and testing tools.
- Topic guide
Social login, done properly
How to add social login to an app: choosing providers, OpenID Connect integration, what data to request, account linking, consent and handling provider changes.