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Federation
From the course: Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Cert Prep
Federation
- [Instructor] Let's get into some examples of Federation. An Identity federation binds identity providers with relying parties to manage access to resources across security boundaries. The following are the three most common federation standards in the cloud. SAML is the first one. It's a security assertion markup language that supports authorization and authentication. It uses an XML statement to assert authentication and authorization on behalf of a user or a principle between the identity provider and the resource provider. In the simplified representation of a SAML session, the principal requests a resource from a service provider such as LinkedIn. The service provider redirects the request to an identity provider for verification, like Okta. The identity and authorization for resources are contained with that identity provider. The identity provider returns a token representing the user's authentication and authorization. Think of an IDP like a bouncer in a club, who after…
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