Effortless Authentication Solutions Your Developers Will Love

In this podcast episode, Keith Casey, senior product manager at Pangea, discusses the importance of effortless authentication solutions for developers. He emphasizes that while authentication and authorization are crucial aspects of building secure and reliable distributed systems, they should be easy to implement and manage. Utilizing open standards and API-based solutions can help accelerate these processes. Additionally, Keith highlights the need for robust and flexible AuthN and AuthZ services to handle different user roles and permissions. He suggests adopting a relational-based access control (ReBAC) model for more granular control over user permissions. Furthermore, he recommends using strong password hashing algorithms like bcrypt or argon2, implementing multi-factor authentication, and considering possession factors as an extra layer of security. Lastly, Keith stresses the importance of standardization across microservices and distributed systems to maintain system integrity and consistency in logging and authorization policies.