Demystifying Security

How TLS Secures Communications

Understanding SSL/TLS

Making Sense of SSL/TLS

The minimum that every software developer should know about SSL/TLS

Understanding TLS Certificates

A Quick Introduction to TLS Certificates

Windows Accounts, Logon & Authorization Fundamentals

The Basics of Windows Access Control

It can be tedious to navigate the big vast world of Windows access control. There is a ton of helpful material available out there in the Internet to…

SAML 2.0: A Brief Conceptual Overview

This article provides a brief overview of SAML 2.0 — just enough to get an intuition about…

Fundamentals of Federated Identity & Authentication

What is Authorization?

The Basics of Access Control

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) are fundamental components needed to secure a system. If authentication is about verifying that the subject (a human user, a program or a device) is who it claims…

Understanding Authentication Factors & Multi-Factor Authentication

The Basics of Two-Factor & Multi-Factor Authentication

This article provides an overview of authentication factors, two-factor authentication (2FA), and…