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🧩 RadiantOne Virtual Directory Blueprints Integration patterns and configurations for unified identity data aggregation and virtualization.
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WebAuthn Conditional UI is a feature that allows websites to customize the user interface based on the availability of supported authenticators, enhancing the passwordless login experience. This means that if a user has a compatible device or security key, the website can offer a passwordless login option directly, improving usability and security.
What is WebAuthn? Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is a web standard that enables strong, phishing-resistant authentication using public key cryptography. It allows users to log in to websites using devices such as smartphones, security keys, or built-in biometric sensors without needing to remember passwords.
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Phishing and OAuth Token Vulnerabilities Lead to Full Microsoft 365 Breach
Why This Matters Now: In late November 2023, a sophisticated phishing attack combined with OAuth token vulnerabilities resulted in a full Microsoft 365 breach affecting thousands of organizations. This incident highlights the critical importance of robust identity and access management (IAM) practices, especially in environments heavily reliant on cloud services.
🚨 Breaking: Thousands of Microsoft 365 accounts compromised due to phishing and OAuth token vulnerabilities. Immediate action required to secure your OAuth clients. 10K+Accounts Compromised 48hrsResponse Time Timeline of Events November 25, 2023 Initial phishing emails sent to targeted organizations.
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Company Lays Off Haitian Caregivers Despite Court Order Protecting Work Authorization
Why This Matters Now Recent news has highlighted a significant issue in the management of work authorization and employee compliance within organizations. The case of a company laying off Haitian caregivers despite a court order protecting their work authorization has brought to light serious concerns about adherence to legal requirements and ethical practices. This incident not only impacts the individuals involved but also raises critical questions about how Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems handle such scenarios.
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Hybrid IAM Coexistence: Running On-Premise and Cloud Identity Systems in Parallel
The day you decide to move identity to the cloud, you start a coexistence period. Whether it lasts 6 months or 3 years, your organization will run two identity systems simultaneously. Applications will live in both environments. Users will expect seamless SSO regardless of where the app is hosted. And any gap in the federation chain means someone can’t do their job.
Getting hybrid IAM right is the difference between a controlled migration and a chaotic one.
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IAM Platform Evaluation Framework: How to Choose Between Keycloak, Auth0, Okta, and Entra ID
Choosing an identity platform is a 5-year commitment. Switching costs are high — every application integration, every custom policy, and every user credential is tied to your IdP. Pick wrong and you’ll either overpay for years or hit scaling walls that require a painful re-platforming.
This framework gives you a structured approach to the decision, based on factors that actually matter rather than vendor marketing.
The Decision Matrix Score each platform 1-5 on these factors, weighted by your organization’s priorities:
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Password Hash Migration Between Identity Platforms: A Practical Guide
Every IAM migration eventually hits the password problem. Users have passwords stored as cryptographic hashes in the old system. You need those users in the new system without forcing all of them to reset their passwords on Day 1. Depending on the source and target platforms, this ranges from straightforward to genuinely painful.
The Core Problem Password hashes are one-way functions by design. You can’t reverse a bcrypt hash back to the original password. This means you have three options when migrating between identity platforms:
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CIAM Architecture Patterns: Designing Customer Identity for Millions of Users
Workforce IAM and CIAM look similar on a whiteboard — both authenticate users and manage access. But the architecture is fundamentally different when your user base goes from 5,000 employees to 5 million customers. The scaling problems, the UX requirements, and the regulatory constraints all change.
This guide covers the architectural patterns that make CIAM work at scale, drawn from real deployments.
Why CIAM Needs Different Architecture Concern Workforce IAM CIAM User count 1K - 100K 100K - 100M+ Registration IT-provisioned Self-service Identity source Corporate directory Social + email + phone Session duration 8-hour workday Weeks to months Latency tolerance 500ms acceptable 100ms expected Consent management Minimal GDPR/CCPA mandatory Branding Consistent corporate Per-product customization Availability target 99.9% 99.99%+ You can’t take an Okta workforce deployment, add more users, and call it CIAM. The data model, the session architecture, and the user experience are structurally different.
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LDAP Directory Modernization: Migrating from Legacy Directory Services to Cloud Identity
LDAP directories are the cockroaches of enterprise IT — they survive everything. Organizations that modernized their web apps to microservices and moved their databases to the cloud still have OpenLDAP or Active Directory at the center of their identity infrastructure, often running on hardware that should have been recycled years ago.
The pressure to modernize is mounting. Windows Server 2025 tightens LDAP signing requirements. OpenLDAP’s maintainer situation remains precarious. And every new SaaS app wants OIDC or SAML, not an LDAP bind.
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M&A Identity Integration: Merging Multiple Identity Providers After Acquisition
The deal closes on Friday. By Monday, people from both companies need to access shared resources, join Teams meetings, and reach each other’s internal tools. Meanwhile, Company A runs Okta, Company B runs Entra ID, and nobody planned for this during due diligence.
This scenario plays out constantly in enterprise IT. Identity consolidation after M&A is consistently ranked as one of the top integration challenges, yet it rarely gets adequate attention before the deal closes.
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On-Premise IAM to Cloud Migration: Planning Framework and Execution Strategy
Moving identity infrastructure from on-premises to cloud is not a weekend project. It touches every application, every user, and every compliance control in your organization. Get it wrong and people can’t log in on Monday morning. Get it right and you eliminate a significant chunk of infrastructure cost while gaining capabilities that on-prem systems can’t match.
This framework is vendor-agnostic — whether you’re moving to Entra ID, Okta, Auth0, or Keycloak Cloud, the planning process is the same.
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Keycloak Major Version Upgrade: Migration Guide from 21 to 26
Upgrading Keycloak across major versions is one of those tasks that looks simple on paper — download the new release, start it up, let Liquibase handle the database — but reliably creates production incidents when done without preparation. Between versions 21 and 26, Keycloak introduced several breaking changes that affect clustering, theming, SPIs, and configuration format.
This guide covers what actually breaks at each version boundary and how to handle it.
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ADFS to Keycloak Migration: Replacing Windows Federation with Open Source IAM
Not every organization wants to move from ADFS to Microsoft Entra ID. Some want to stay vendor-neutral, keep identity infrastructure on-premises, or simply avoid per-user licensing costs. Keycloak fills that gap — it handles SAML 2.0, OIDC, and integrates directly with Active Directory via LDAP federation.
The migration isn’t trivial, though. ADFS and Keycloak have different architectural models, and some ADFS features don’t have direct Keycloak equivalents. This guide covers the practical steps, common blockers, and configuration patterns you’ll need.
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ADFS to Microsoft Entra ID Migration: Complete Planning and Execution Guide
Microsoft is pushing hard to retire ADFS. The writing has been on the wall since 2023 when they started flagging ADFS deprecation in security advisories, and Windows Server 2025 makes it even clearer — ADFS is maintenance mode, no new features, and the migration tooling keeps getting better. If you’re still running ADFS in production, now is the time to plan your move.
This guide walks through the full migration from ADFS to Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), covering assessment, claim rules translation, staged rollout, and final decommission.
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Automating ForgeRock DS Replication Setup with Ansible Playbooks
ForgeRock Directory Services (DS) replication setup involves configuring multiple instances of DS to replicate data across different nodes, ensuring high availability and redundancy. This process can be manual and time-consuming, especially in large environments. However, automating this setup with Ansible playbooks can significantly streamline the process, making it more efficient and less prone to errors.
What is ForgeRock DS replication setup? ForgeRock DS replication setup involves configuring multiple instances of ForgeRock Directory Services to replicate data across different nodes for high availability and redundancy. This ensures that if one node fails, another can take over without data loss, maintaining service continuity.
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CIAM for Finance: Fighting Fraud in the Age of AI Agents
Why This Matters Now: The surge in AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants has transformed customer interactions in the finance sector. However, this shift also introduces new vulnerabilities that can be exploited by fraudsters. According to a recent report by Gartner, AI-driven attacks are expected to rise by 30% in the next two years. Financial institutions need robust Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) solutions to safeguard customer identities and prevent fraud.
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IAM Union in Strong Support of Kevin Jarvis for New Jersey Commissioner of Labor
Why This Matters Now The recent push for fair labor practices and worker protections has gained significant traction in New Jersey. With the IAM Union’s strong endorsement of Kevin Jarvis for the position of Commissioner of Labor, there’s a renewed focus on ensuring that workers’ rights are upheld. As an IAM engineer, understanding the implications of this shift is crucial, especially in terms of how it affects security and compliance within organizations.
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AI is Flooding IAM Systems with New Identities
Why This Matters Now The integration of AI into various aspects of software development and operations has led to a surge in the number of identities managed by Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems. From chatbots to machine learning models, AI is generating and managing identities at an unprecedented rate. This trend is particularly critical as it introduces new complexities and security risks that traditional IAM systems are not fully equipped to handle.
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PingFederate SAML configuration involves setting up Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) for secure enterprise federation, enabling single sign-on (SSO) between identity providers (IdPs) and service providers (SPs). This guide will walk you through the process, including common pitfalls and best practices.
What is SAML? SAML is an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, particularly between an identity provider and a service provider. It allows users to log into multiple applications with a single set of credentials.
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Week in Review: Microsoft Fixes Exploited Office Zero-Day, Fortinet Patches FortiCloud SSO Flaw
Why This Matters Now The past week brought two significant security alerts that highlight the ongoing battle against cyber threats. Microsoft addressed an exploited zero-day vulnerability in Office, while Fortinet patched a critical flaw in FortiCloud Single Sign-On (SSO). These vulnerabilities underscore the importance of staying vigilant and proactive in securing your infrastructure.
🚨 Security Alert: Microsoft and Fortinet have released critical patches. Ensure your systems are up to date to prevent exploitation. MillionsPotential Victims 24hrsTime to Patch Timeline of Events December 10, 2024 Microsoft discovers a zero-day vulnerability in Office.
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