SAML – An Intro

  • What is SAML?
    • Security Assertion Markup Language
    • It’s an XML variant language used to encode security credentials and sharing those among parties across a network
    • It is an open standard
    • It describes framework that allows one computer to perform below security functions:
      • Authentication: Determining that the users are who they claim to be
      • Authorization: Determining if users have the right to access certain systems of content
  • Versions:
    • Current: SAML 3.0
    • Most Popular: SAML 2.0
    • Previous: SAML 1.1
  • Identity Provider:
    • Performs authentication and authorization
  • References:

RPA – Robotic Process Automation

  • What is RPA?
    • Its a concept called Robotic Process Automation which essentially means automation of processes by giving it to a robot to do
  • How it is different than IA which uses ML and AI?
    • Intelligent Automation (IA) uses Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enable self-automation of processes/tasks which also is aimed to automate further tasks in future using its learning and intelligence abilities
    • However, RPA is seen as an early step to IA meaning RPA is missing self-automation capabilities of IA. With RPA, we can configure tasks to run.
  • Popular Tools:
    • EPAM
    • Automation Anywhere
    • AssistEdge
    • Blue Prism
    • UIpath
    • Pega
    • Contextor
  • Comparison of RPA Tools
    • Check related reference link in “References” section below