Training-10-2023

*1. What's OIDC/SAML?
=> OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an identity authentication protocol that is an extension of open authorization (OAuth) 2.0 to standardize the process for authenticating and authorizing users when they sign in to access digital services.
=> Security Assertion Markup Language, or SAML, is a standardized way to tell external applications and services that a user is who they say they are. SAML makes single sign-on (SSO) technology possible by providing a way to authenticate a user once and then communicate that authentication to multiple applications. The most current version of SAML is SAML 2.0

2. When to use OIDC/SAML?
=> OIDC is commonly used when the application needs to authenticate users with an external identity provider. Some examples of use cases for OIDC include: Single sign-on (SSO) for enterprise applications. Authentication for mobile applications
=> SAML is commonly used for Single Sign-On in government and corporate applications (identity management), in which XML processing is widespread. Many government citizen ID programs use SAML (for example, UK Verify).