Archive of posts from February 2021

Authentication as a Service Security Due Diligence Tips

Within today’s software development ecosystem, third-party vendors are a common part of system architecture.

Specifically, Authentication-as-a-Service (AaaS) is growing fast. Their out-of-the-box capabilities enable engineering teams to focus on building features valuable to business rather than spending time and resources on reinventing the wheel of securing application access.

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Securing a Go Microservice with JWT

JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) offer a mechanism to share a set of claims or attributes from client to a server providing microservices in a cryptographically secure way. JWT secures the service-to-service communication and also can pass end-user context across microservices.

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Orbitvu chose FusionAuth for architectural flexibility, great support, and customizability

Maciej Wisniowski is a FusionAuth community member and team leader in the web development department at Orbitvu, where he is building innovative eCommerce imaging solutions. He chatted with us over email about how he and his team are using FusionAuth to meet their auth needs.

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Announcing FusionAuth 1.24

We’re excited to announce the release of version 1.24 of FusionAuth. This release shipped on Feb 11, 2021. This version resolves issues for FusionAuth community members and customers on versions 1.23 and older.

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Setting up single sign-on (SSO) with FusionAuth

Single sign-on (SSO) lets your users access two or more applications with a single set of credentials. Properly implemented, it makes your users’ lives easier; they sign in once and don’t have to log in when they switch between various applications.

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Outsourcing auth: how to get buy-in from your team

You lead a team of engineers, and your team is responsible for building out a new customer-facing product that could have a huge impact on the trajectory of your company. Lately you’ve been considering whether or not rolling your own authentication system is a good idea. You’ve spent a lot of time and effort carefully weighing the pros and cons, and you’ve come to the conclusion that home grown auth is not in the best interests of your company.

How do you go about talking to all the relevant stakeholders about this choice?

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