The document discusses OpenIG, an identity gateway product from ForgeRock. OpenIG allows legacy applications and APIs to be integrated with identity and access management solutions without modifying the applications. It provides single sign-on, password capture and replay, OAuth 2.0 protection for APIs, and federation capabilities. The latest version of OpenIG includes support for OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, scripting with Groovy, SAML federation, and stateless sessions. The document promotes OpenIG as a cost-effective way to extend security and identity features to existing applications.
Gartner Says 4.9 Billion Connected "Things" Will Be in Use in 2015
In 2020, 25 Billion Connected "Things" Will Be in Use
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2905717
Cisco estimates that 50 billion devices and objects will be connected to the Internet by 2020.
http://www.cisco.com/web/solutions/trends/iot/portfolio.html
Salesforce.com for example, generates nearly 50 percent of its annual $3 billion in revenue through APIs; for Expedia, that figure is closer to 90 percent of $2 billion: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mckinsey/2014/01/07/ready-for-apis-three-steps-to-unlock-the-data-economys-most-promising-channel/
Billions of apps downloaded
A powerful, flexible, lean, identity centric gateway to secure all accesses to applications and APIs
OpenIG is a Java-based reverse proxy which runs as a web application in a web container like Tomcat.
HTTP traffic is routed through OpenIG, enabling close inspection, transformation and filtering of each request.
By inspecting the traffic, OpenIG is able to intercept requests, capture the user's login credentials, and send the necessary HTTP request to the target application, thereby logging in the user without modifying or installing anything on the application.