SAML - what is it ?
What why and how SAML is a secure xml based authentication service What it is, how it works and why it is important ? SAML is a secure XML based communication mechanism for communicating identities between organizations. The name is actually an acronym from Security Assertion Markup Language The key thing about SAML is the primary usecase that it enables Internet SSO SAML eliminates the need to maintain multiple authentication credentials, such as passwords in multiple locations. 1) SAML increases security by eliminating the need for credentials,which eliminates the oppurtunities for identity theft It also eliminates the pishing oppurtunities by eliminating the number of times a user needs to login by using one of those User login forms Recently a SAAS application was subjected to a successful pishing attack 2) SAML also increases applicaiton access, by eliminating barriers to application usage. 3) You no longer need to type in ...