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Introducing ZITADEL Version 2.0!
As a result of many months of diligent effort from our community and developers, we are thrilled to finally announce the first significant upgrade to our Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform - ZITADEL Version 2.0.
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Children and Online Security: Protecting the Most Vulnerable
Given a child's natural innocence, they might not expect an ill-wisher on their favourite online platform. This article discusses the new digital threats kids are subjected to and what adults can do to keep them safe.
• 8 min
Magic Links – Are they Actually Outdated?
Are magic links are still viable as an authentication method or are you better off using newer passwordless alternatives?
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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Right Data Residency
This article explains the role of data residency and centers in greater detail and list the factors you might want to consider when choosing a center region.
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Social Logins: The Unexpected Drivers of Business Growth
Besides their obvious advantage of increased login convenience, social logins were also proven superior in enhancing business growth. To explain this correlation, it is essential to know how social logins work and how they benefit end-users and companies alike.
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ZITADEL secures $2.5M to enhance its developer-first, open-source identity management platform
ZITADEL, innovator of a transformative identity management platform, announces $2.5M in seed funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. The funding will help ZITADEL provide developers with a much-needed open-source alternative for their identity management needs and evolve its solution, scale sales growth, and nurture the open-source community.
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IMO - DNSSEC
As the release of ZITADEL v2 comes closer, I was working on getting the DNSSEC setups ready for our new domains and I did wonder how the DNSSEC adoption turns out today?
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Why You should Switch to Passwordless Authentication
To grant an insight into the newly found popularity of passwordless, this article will explain its concept, describe its reason for existence and elaborate upon its advantages over regular passwords.
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Smishing - How to Recognize Dangerous Text Messages
What if a text message you received is not what it seems? This article discusses the phenomenon of smishing and how to protect yourself from falling victim to it.
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The Truth About Building Your Own Authentication Server
Despite a large supply of purchasable solutions, some firms choose to build their own authentication server. While this solution might work for some, there are various potentially unknown drawbacks that you should consider before settling for this method.
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Money Key built a financial manager tool for fiduciaries and entrepreneurs with ZITADEL
Money Key is a digital web and voice application that allows entrepreneurs and financial managers easy access to their financial information. Money Key uses ZITADEL as their B2B identity platform.
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Why ZITADEL is a great Auth0 alternative
Quite often we get the question: “Why should we choose ZITADEL over Auth0?”. This article tries to shine some light on this topic.
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