Why use a standardized auth protocol?
Software applications regularly need to gain access to data from other services on behalf of their users. An application may need to grab a list of user's...
June 10, 2021
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Security and privacy risks when implementing an auth system
Given the increase of data beaches in the past few years, it's more important than ever for software engineering leaders to prioritize security, quality...
May 20, 2021
What's Wrong With the OAuth2 Implicit Grant?
The Implicit grant is part of the OAuth 2 RFC, but is one of the features omitted in the OAuth 2.1 specification. With this grant, you don't have to write...
April 29, 2021
What to consider before choosing an open source auth provider
Open-source authentication providers are popular because anyone can review much or all of the code that powers them. This availability can be especially...
April 15, 2021
The what, why and when of multi-factor authentication (MFA)
As more of our lives and data move online, multi-factor authentication (MFA) becomes increasingly important to help keep our accounts secure. As a user, you...
April 8, 2021
Auth specific scaling challenges
Modern authentication is built on hashing passwords using computationally expensive algorithms. Because of this intense CPU usage, there's a push-pull...
March 11, 2021
Authentication as a Service Security Due Diligence Tips
Within today's software development ecosystem, third-party vendors are a common part of system architecture. Specifically, Authentication-as-a-Service (AaaS)...
February 24, 2021