Context
The following diagram illustrates an overview of the Orchestration concepts that will be described in the paragraphs below.
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In case of authentication flow, there are following entities in the authentication process:
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Application - Customer application using Veridium as Authentication provider. Following types are allowed:
SAML - Application supporting SAML authentication.
Custom - Generic application type.
CP - Windows Credential Provider - Windows authentication to Domain. This application requires to install Veridium Credential Provider.
Application group - Set of applications using same authentication process.
Selector - Based on conditions, selector directs authentication process to different Journeys
Authentication journey - process consisting from one or several authentication steps.
Authentication result: Result of the Authentication Journey - either Authentication success or
Authentication failed.
Lets have an example:
Lets have a requirement to make Advanced authentication for members of High Privileged group and Standard authentication for all other users. Following schema shows implementation of all component levels:
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