SAML
SAML is an XML-based framework for describing and exchanging security information.
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based framework for describing and exchanging security information between online business partners. This security information is expressed in the form of portable SAML assertions that applications working across security domain boundaries can trust. The OASIS SAML standard defines precise syntax and rules for requesting, creating, communicating, and using these SAML assertions.
SAML provides a solution for a number of problems:
- It provides an open standard for exchanging security information between Service Providers, also known as Federated Identity.
- It provides a means for end-to-end auditing.
- It provides a common source for user role or authority-based information.
CICS® supports the SAMLCore1.1 and SAMLCore2.0 standards. It does not support the protocols that are described in those standards. It does not support SAMLCore 1.0.