OAuth
What is OAuth?
An open standard authorisation protocol that enables applications to obtain limited access to user accounts on third-party services. OAuth 2.0 is widely used for delegated authorisation in web and mobile applications.
Terms that appear alongside oauth
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as oauth. The number is how many controls name both.
- authentication 19 shared controls
- authorization 11 shared controls
- tls 10 shared controls
- multi factor authentication 9 shared controls
- nist 9 shared controls
- access control 8 shared controls
- saml 7 shared controls
- audit 7 shared controls
Frameworks that govern oauth
What the standards actually require on oauth
Requirements naming oauth across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
HL7 FHIR Authentication. SMART APP LAUNCH IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE v2.2.0 - foundational FHIR-based OAuth 2.0 / OAuth 2.1 + OpenID Connect framework + standardised app authorization.
HL7-FHIR-Auth-SMART-OAuth-OIDC-Backend · HL7 FHIR Authentication - SMART App Launch + OAuth 2.0 + OpenID Connect + Backend Services + Token Lifetime →NF service consumers must obtain access tokens from the NRF to invoke services on NF service producers. Tokens must be validated for scope, audience, expiry, and signature.
33.501-13.2 · Network Function Service Authorization (OAuth 2.0) →Authentication and authorisation must use OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols as specified in the security profile.
OB-SEC.3 · OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect →Security Dimension 2 Authentication per X.805 Clause 6.2: Authentication ensures the validity of the claimed identities of the entities participating in communication (e.g.
X805-Dim2-Authentication-Identity-Verification-Claimed-Identities-Entities-Communication · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 2 - Authentication + Identity Verification + Claimed Identity + Entity Authentication + Data Origin Authentication + Mutual Authentication + Multi-Factor + Cryptographic Authentication →Apply data minimisation + scope enforcement + localisation + cross-border transfers per applicable regulation. Data Minimisation and Scope Enforcement must (a) enforce OAuth scope checking at every API endpoint + (b) return only data within authorised scope +...
OPENBANK-5 · Data Minimisation, Scope Enforcement, Localisation, Cross-Border Transfers →GS1 DATA SECURITY + INTEGRITY in supply chain data exchange. KEY PRINCIPLES: (1) DATA INTEGRITY - master data + EPCIS events + GDSN exchanges must be ACCURATE + COMPLETE + TIMELY + reflect true state of supply chain;
GS1-DataSecurity-Integrity-AccessControl · GS1 Data Security and Integrity in Exchange, Access Control and Tamper Evidence →Questions people ask about oauth
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