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Glossary Term SAML

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What is SAML?

An XML-based protocol for SSO.

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Understanding SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based framework used to exchange authentication and authorization data between parties, often for enabling Single Sign-On. Related terms: see Access control tokens.

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