A brief introduction to SAML

 

SAML, or Security Assertion Markup Language, is an protocol used to exchange authentication and authorization data. It is XML based and allows the sharing of identity between multiple organizations and applications.

SAML is one of the fundamental cloud identity security standards.

The primary use case of SAML is Internet Single Sign On (SSO).

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