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What is SAML? | UpGuardCategory: Security, Data
Learn about new features, changes, and improvements to UpGuard: SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an open standard that enables users to access numerous web applications or web services using the same login credentials through identity federation. The IDP provides authentication information about the user to the SP.
In a SAML configuration, The IDP sits between a user and the SP to provide authentication.
Typically, the SP's role in the SAML authentication process is as follows: SAML works by passing a user's authentication information from an identity provider (IDP) to a service provider (SP), who provides authorization to the user.
SSO is an authentication process that allows users to log in to many services using a single set of credentials.
In a SAML configuration, The IDP sits between a user and the SP to provide authentication.
Typically, the SP's role in the SAML authentication process is as follows: SAML works by passing a user's authentication information from an identity provider (IDP) to a service provider (SP), who provides authorization to the user.
SSO is an authentication process that allows users to log in to many services using a single set of credentials.
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