Simplifying Authentication for Microservices Security | Jeff Taylor | Okta | Episode 10

Simplifying Authentication for Microservices Security | Jeff Taylor | Okta | Episode 10

Jan 27, 2022

Still trying to add auth to each microservice's code? According to Jeff Taylor, Senior Product Manager at @OktaDev there’s an easier way! In this Kongcast, Jeff tells and shows us how to speed up microservices security and take the burden off developers by managing auth with an API gateway.

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0:00 Kongcast Show Intro

0:28 Welcome, Jeff!

1:22 When to Break Up a Monolith into Microservices

3:06 Reducing Developers’ Microservices Security Burdens

4:54 How API Gateway Authentication Works

6:50 Building Empathy for DevOps Engineers

9:01 Language Agnostic API Gateway Authentication

11:23 Demo: Establishing Microservices Security With Kong Konnect and Okta

15:35 Thanks for Joining, Jeff!

17:00 Kongcast Show Outro

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