From the course: Introduction to Identity and Access Management
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Authentication deep dive
From the course: Introduction to Identity and Access Management
Authentication deep dive
- [Instructor] Can you count the number of times you have proven who you were over the past week? Have you shown your driver's license to confirm who you are? Maybe you used a passport at the airport, those documents prove who you are. And how many of you put a password into a website before you were allowed access? You were verifying something you have. Authentication is the primary mechanism used across a myriad of ecosystems that helps provide access to people that are supposed to have access to those places. Let's deep dive into the components of authentication, as it is the first gateway into resources you need to use. Authentication is the process of recognizing a user's identity. This is done by validating who they claim to be. How do you validate who you are? Usually it is some additional data that is specific to that person, and it should be hard to reproduce or guess. If you validate your credentials correctly,…
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