
We can do better than --dangerously-skip-permissions (w/ Michael Grinich, Founder of WorkOS)
We thought we had access control for software all figured out. You joined a company, and got access to just the tools you needed, and none you didn't.
Auth is two questions: who are you, and what are you allowed to do? Authentication proves the first, authorization answers the second. Michael's analogy is a driver's licence: the front proves you're you, and "if on the back of your driver's license it says that you have a motorcycle endorsement, you can ride a motorcycle."
SSO, SAML and SCIM are your work login, the plumbing behind it, and switching it off when you leave. Megan's summary…
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