Udemy – OpenID Connect & JWT: User identity for your apps & APIs … 2023-1

OpenID Connect & JWT: User identity for your apps & APIs …. This course explores the concepts of OpenID Connect and JSON Web Token (JWT) for user identity management. This course teaches you how to use OpenID Connect to sign in users to your apps through accounts like Google, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and improve sign-up and conversion rates. Taking a bottom-up approach, elements like Actors, Endpoints, and Tokens are explored to provide a better understanding of OpenID Connect flows and the secure transfer of identity claims. It also explains the differences between the different OpenID Connect flows and how to choose the most appropriate one based on different scenarios like mobile apps, browser scripts, or backend servers. Using simple diagrams, the concepts are explained in a visual and understandable way. In addition, the course thoroughly examines JWT, its structure, data, and methods for protecting it. You will be introduced to various tokens such as JWT, JWS, JWE, Access Tokens, Refresh Tokens and Identity Tokens and learn how to use, create, sign and encrypt them in practice. OpenID Connect is very popular due to its benefits such as reducing the need for registration for users, increasing conversion rates for businesses and high security for developers. This course is designed for software engineers and security professionals who want to increase their professional value. Understanding OpenID Connect and JWT opens up numerous career opportunities in the field of API security and digital development.

What you will learn

• Using OpenID Connect: You’ll learn how to use OpenID Connect for simple and convenient user registration, leading to higher conversion rates and more sales.
• Build social login pages: You will be able to build login pages with social accounts (such as Google login).
• Validating OpenID Connect tokens: You will learn how to cryptographically validate tokens to ensure the true identity of users.
• Understand how OpenID Connect works: No more confusion about tokens, endpoints, and interactions.
• Using OpenID Connect Correctly: Our step-by-step guide will help you implement OpenID Connect correctly.
• Choosing the Right Flow for Your Application: You’ll learn how to choose the right OpenID Connect flow for your application to get the most out of it.

This course is suitable for people who:

• Need to develop a login page for their web application or mobile app.
• They are security experts and must be up to date with OpenID Connect so they can assess the security of applications that use this protocol.
• They are entrepreneurs and should be aware of the benefits of social login (such as logging in with a Google account).

Course details OpenID Connect & JWT: User identity for your apps & APIs …

• Publisher:  Udemy
• Instructor:  Matthias Biehl
• Training level: Beginner to advanced
• Training duration: 7 hours and 14 minutes
• Number of lessons: 52

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Prerequisites for the OpenID Connect & JWT: User identity for your apps & APIs course…

• Helpful to know OAuth, but not required
• Helpful to know basic web development

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