SAML – An Intro – Jwalant's site

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:
- What is SAML? How it works and how it enables single sign on – https://www.csoonline.com/article/3232355/what-is-saml-how-it-works-and-how-it-enables-single-sign-on.html
- Official SAML Wiki: https://wiki.oasis-open.org/security/FrontPage