Summary

A Zero-Day vulnerability occurred recently on Log4j2 core (CVE-2021-44228), which could potentially allow malicious actors to penetrate systems through remote code execution.

Here’s a quick recap on how Asgardeo responded to this vulnerability to ensure that all its environments and users are safe.

WSO2 API Manager (APIM) has won the Best in API Middleware award at the 2021 API Awards, held at API World 2021. 

API World is a great API and microservices event, and this award means a lot to us. I’d like to thank API World for this award. API World is a great conference. 

WSO2 works very hard to deliver enterprise-grade software for mission-critical applications, and to make sure our customers are happy. I’d also like to thank our employees and our customers for the success of the APIM product, which is widely used. 

SAML — Security Assertion Markup Language

OAuth — Open Authorization

If you are familiar with SAML and OAuth, you may have discovered it to be an incomparable battle. Yes, while both SAML and OAuth deal with Identity and Access Management (IAM), their emphasis is different. In this post, I will share some background information about these protocols to better understand their motivations, how they evolved, how they are related to one another, and what future directions I see.

Nearly every enterprise of any size is now in the middle of a dramatic digital transformation. Companies that were once relying on brick and mortar transactions are now seeking to accelerate their digital presence. According to a recent report published by McKinsey & Company, the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation efforts that were already in progress to the point where the majority of global customer interactions are now digital versus physical.

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We’re excited to announce the latest version of our product—WSO2 Identity Server 5.11. Our mission is to continuously make the life of the developer easier. With this latest release, we’ve introduced a beta version of a new console (dev portal), SDKs, integration with HashiCorp, and more. You can also watch our release demo for this version here.

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The WSO2 API Manager team is happy to announce that WSO2 has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: API Management Solutions, Q3 2020 report¹. You can download the report here.

Modern, Cost-Efficient, and Agent-Ready Alternative for Forgerock

As ForgeRock products move into maintenance mode, the migration path to PingOne isn’t your only option. Before committing to anything, there are five things we think it’s worth working through carefully, and they apply no matter which platform you are looking at.

The choice you make here will affect how your organization manages identity for the better part of a decade. It is worth getting right rather than getting done quickly.

API Platform capabilities will help enterprises control API and AI services and prepare them for agentic consumption