Solving Identity Management in Modern Applications: Demystifying OAuth 2, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2

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Y. Wilson, A. HingnikarSolving Identity Management in Modern Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8261-8_1

1. The Hydra of Modern Identity

Yvonne Wilson¹   and Abhishek Hingnikar²

(1)

San Francisco, CA, USA

(2)

London, UK

 

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

—Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist, from a letter dated March 24, 1954

Throughout our experiences helping customers implement identity management solutions for their applications, we have seen two common paths that lead a company to focus on identity management-related issues. In many cases, this focus even leads to a dedicated identity management division ...