3 docs tagged with "identity"

An identity is who an actor is, consisting of attributes that uniquely identify them. Identities have at least one mechanism for the actor to verify who they are, called authentication.

Keycloak is an open source Identity and Access Management (IAM) platform, backed by Red Hat. Keycloak implements the Oauth2 protocol, and is our primary Identity Provider for all our users\*, and the source of truth for all actor identities.

Oauth2 is a protocol for authorization, which supports a range of ways that an actor may identify themselves.