OAuth, OpenID & SAML Crash Course: Security for Web & Mobile

In Less Than An Hour: Learn Open Standard Authentication For Web Apps, Mobile Apps And APIs With OAuth2, OpenID and SAML

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What you'll learn

  • How OAuth2 Works
  • How SAML Works
  • How OpenID Works
  • How These Open Standards Relate
  • Recommendations For Using The Open Standards Practically

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of web applications

Description

TL;DR

Quickly understand how OAuth2, OpenID and SAML work as open standards for app security. You'll never struggle again with these definitions!

What?

You can learn how app security is built into web and mobile applications with these standards in less than an hour without having to code. Trust me, I've written the code for so many variations of these standards that I've lost count.

Learning how they work can equip you to make the best long-term decisions for your products.

Why?

  • Nearly all applications require authentication.
  • Understanding app security is good for job security if you work in a tech team.
  • Companies and cloud providers, including Google, Microsoft and Twitter use OAuth2 to secure their APIs worldwide.
  • Understand the mechanisms behind 'Continue with Google' and 'Login with Facebook' for your app.
  • Europe and the USA use them for their open banking APIs.

Why this course?

  • Save Time: This course is designed to fast track your understanding of the open standards.
  • Accessible: Done by editing captions, testing colour visibility of slides and using existing learning platforms.
  • Up-To-Date: Technology doesn't stop evolving and neither does this course. Check back for updates.
  • Expert Knowledge: An instructor with years of involvement in Financial-grade APIs.

Things you'll learn

By the end of this course, you will have gained these skills:

  • Understand how the main open standards for providing single-sign on
  • Understand the terminology used by cloud providers and open standards for access control
  • Understand 'Login with Facebook' and 'Login with Google'
  • Learn how OAuth2, SAML and OpenID can be compared

Ready to learn?

Then enroll now to start learning, with a 30-day money back guarantee.

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Recent Updates

[25/03/2020]

Developers should also check out my other course on this topic OAuth 2.0 & OpenID Core: Implementer Best Practices 2020 to learn the details of OAuth and OpenID in-depth and with code examples.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone that wants to understand OAuth2, OpenID and SAML
  • Project stakeholders (managers, product owners, testers) that want to understand mobile, web and API authentication
  • Programmers looking for a referesher on OAuth2, OpenID and SAML
  • Anyone in FinTech that needs to understand the technical aspects


Your Instructor


Dexter Awoyemi
Dexter Awoyemi

Hi everyone,

Hope you're well and making the most of e-learning at the moment.

Learning new things online is great for personal development, careers and side projects.

Background

I consult on software and data solutions, specialising in data privacy and security. Most recently, I've been working with clients across the globe to help solve their open banking needs.

Professional Highlights

Built every stage of an end-to-end data pipeline: real-time and batch streaming from Spring Boot application to data warehouse in GCP and machine learning predictions in production API

Secured RESTful API used in open banking, connected to Financial-grade APIs

Other skills

Backend development with Java and Scala and their main libraries

Machine learning solutions deployment with Python and various libraries

Mobile development with Flutter and Firebase

Courses

My courses are all about APIs, data privacy, data security and open banking.

My goal is to create courses that make things more intuitive so that you can apply that knowledge to anything that comes your way. You'll learn stuff quicker and with greater general understanding than other courses. Or your money back!

Stay learning,

Dexter

P.S. I consult in software, data and technical writing. For business enquiries, get in touch at [email protected].


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Course Curriculum


  Section 0: Introduction
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  Section 1: Abstract Concepts
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  Section 2: OAuth2
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