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The "Awesome IAM" project is a curated collection of resources focused on Identity and Access Management (IAM), a framework that ensures the right individuals access the right resources at the right times for the right reasons. This list encompasses tools, libraries, protocols, best practices, and tutorials related to user accounts, authentication, and authorization. It serves as a valuable resource for developers, security professionals, and system administrators, helping them implement robust IAM solutions in their applications and organizations. Users can explore various methods and technologies to enhance their identity management strategies and secure their systems effectively.

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Table of Contents

25 sections · 235 projects

Overview

3 projects
The EnterpriseReady SaaS Feature Guides
enterpriseready.io
IAM is hard. It's really hard.
web.archive.org
IAM Is The Real Cloud Lock-In
forrestbrazeal.com

Security

3 projects
Enterprise Information Security
infosec.mozilla.org
Mitigating Cloud Vulnerabilities
web.archive.org
Cartography
Cartography

A Python tool that pulls infrastructure assets and relationships from AWS, GCP, Azure, and 30+ other platforms into a Neo4j graph for security analysis.

Python3,97913 hours ago

Account Management

8 projects
As a user, I want…
mobile.twitter.com
Things end users care about but programmers don't
instadeq.com
Separate the account, user and login/auth details
news.ycombinator.com
Identity Beyond Usernames
lord.io
Kratos
Kratos

API-first identity and user management system for cloud-native applications, scaling to billions of users.

Go13,77513 hours ago
Conjur
Conjur

An open-source secrets management and machine identity solution for securing privileged access in modern infrastructure.

Ruby9439 days ago
SuperTokens
SuperTokens

Open-source authentication and session management service, providing a self-hosted alternative to Auth0, Firebase Auth, and AWS Cognito.

Java15,2191 day ago
UserFrosting
UserFrosting

A modern PHP framework for secure user login, management, and permissions with a shallow learning curve.

PHP1,66625 days ago

Cryptography

4 projects
Cryptographic Right Answers
latacora.micro.blog
Real World Crypto Symposium
rwc.iacr.org
An Overview of Cryptography
garykessler.net
Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions
valerieaurora.org

Identifiers

4 projects
Security Recommendations for Any Device that Depends on Randomly-Generated Numbers
av8n.com
RFC #4122: UUID - Security Considerations
rfc-editor.org
Awesome Identifiers
adileo.github.io
Awesome GUID
Awesome GUID

A curated list of awesome resources, tools, and humor related to Globally Unique Identifiers (GUIDs/UUIDs).

214 years ago

Zero-trust Network

6 projects
BeyondCorp: A New Approach to Enterprise Security
usenix.org
What is BeyondCorp? What is Identity-Aware Proxy?
medium.com
oathkeeper
oathkeeper

A cloud native Identity & Access Proxy (IAP) and Access Control Decision API that authenticates, authorizes, and mutates HTTP requests.

Go3,5861 day ago
transcend
transcend

A BeyondCorp-inspired HTTPS/SSO access proxy for securing internal services during a zero-trust transition, eliminating VPN reliance.

Go2558 months ago
Pomerium
Pomerium

A zero-trust identity and context-aware reverse proxy for secure, clientless access to internal web apps without a VPN.

Go4,9187 hours ago
heimdall
heimdall

A cloud-native Identity Aware Proxy and Access Control Decision service for authenticating, authorizing, and transforming HTTP requests.

Go2497 hours ago

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