2022 Jul
This document defines the security profile, security approaches and security architecture for LSO API security using OAuth2 and OIDC within either a centralized or federated identity provider framework.
The intended audience of this document is senior IT security professionals, in particular identity and security architects and compliance specialists implementing LSO APIs. This document is not a general reference on API security, but an LSO API-specific standard.
The document first defines the LSO API security architecture and conformance requirements to that architecture. The standard then defines the following security components:
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