What Is mTLS, and When Is It Used? mTLS (Mutual TLS) is a security mechanism where both sides of a connection authenticate each other using digital ce...
How Do You Protect Internal Microservice APIs? Internal microservice APIs should not be considered trusted simply because they are inside the private...
How Do You Securely Store Secrets Used by Microservices? In microservices, secrets should not be hard-coded in source code or committed to configurati...
What Is an Identity Provider (IdP)? An Identity Provider (IdP) is a trusted system that authenticates users or applications and provides identity info...
OAuth 2.0 vs OpenID Connect (OIDC) The simplest difference is: OAuth 2.0 = Authorization — What are you allowed to access?OpenID Connect = Authenticat...
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect are closely related, but they solve different problems: OAuth 2.0 ↓ Authorization "What is t...