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1. Enabling granular access control management
To offer multi-tenant model-based services, B2B SaaS applications must secure and manage user access to specific data and features based on job functions or responsibilities within their customer organizations, as well as in some cases, their partners, suppliers, and vendors. Fine-grained access control is essential for ensuring a seamless user experience. In addition, when providing public APIs, B2B SaaS operators need to establish an API authorization infrastructure to manage user permissions, including those of third parties that develop and offer API clients.
2. Implementing complex OAuth and OIDC standards
It is possible to build an API authorization infrastructure entirely in-house as an extension of access control management, tailoring to your needs. This approach enables a high degree of flexibility and agility for scalability and future updates. However, implementing and operating OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocols in the API authorization infrastructure requires specialized expertise. In addition, staying up to date with the constantly evolving open standards would require ongoing internal resource allocation, making full in-house development inefficient.
3. Limitations of all-in-one tools
You could deploy Identity as a Service (IDaaS) or Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions with OAuth/OIDC capabilities to outsource the implementation and operation of OAuth and OIDC. However, their access control function is optimized for consumer and employee access management, not for B2B SaaS use cases. Furthermore, besides the API authorization function, these solutions bundle user authentication and API client management, whose login screens and authentication flows may create inconsistencies in the user experience.
With Authlete, you can build your API authorization infrastructure by utilizing your existing access control management, tailored to the specific needs of B2B SaaS applications, while outsourcing the complex implementation and operation of OAuth and OIDC. As Authlete stays in the backend, you have complete freedom in frontend design, including user authentication and consent management.
You can set up an OAuth/OIDC server using your preferred language, framework, and execution runtime, enabling efficient development.
Authlete complies with the latest OAuth/OIDC specifications and keeps up with their updates. With Authlete, you can build an API authorization infrastructure that ensures compliance with industry-standard specifications without having to implement and operate them yourself.
Since Authlete runs entirely in the backend, you have complete control over UX and UI, including user authentication and consent management.
You can set up an OAuth/OIDC server using any programming language and framework you prefer, since Authlete is environment-agnostic.
Authlete provides three deployment options: shared cloud, dedicated cloud, or a self-managed service. Choose your deployment based on your service's scale and needs.
Enhance security and interoperability with the latest OAuth 2.0/OIDC specifications, optimizing your OAuth/OIDCC server while maintaining existing access control and user authentication.
Protect your open APIs by implementing robust, industry-standard security protocols and best practices. Build your custom OAuth/OIDC server with Authlete.
Comply with high security profiles, including FAPI 1.0, FAPI 2.0, and CIBA, with OpenID-certified Authlete. Stay up-to-date with the continuously evolving OAuth/OIDC specifications.
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