SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains. SAML is a product of the OASIS Security Services ...

What is SAML and what is it used for? The Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an open standard that allows security credentials to be shared by multiple computers across a network. It ...

Microsoft completed its first SAML interoperability test and the results are in: Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 software received a passing grade. Microsoft’s federated identity platform ...

Microsoft in January patched a severe Office 365 vulnerability that exposed accounts whose domains were configured as federated. A severe vulnerability in the way Microsoft Office 365 handles ...

In many enterprises, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is the glue that holds legacy single sign-on together. It has ...

Federated identity management (FIM) is designed to solve the single-sign-on problem associated with the secure exchange of user data among cooperating organizations, either within an enterprise or ...

A new technique called "Golden SAML" lets attackers forge authentication requests and access the cloud-based apps of companies that use SAML-compatible domain controllers (DCs) for the authentication ...

Choosing the wrong authentication protocol could undermine security and limit future expansion. These are the recommended protocols for common use cases. Whether you host your authentication system ...