Authentication

In today’s digital landscape, securing access to applications and data is more crucial than ever. Visual-Guard offers a complete authentication solution to protect your applications from unauthorized access, ensuring that only authenticated users can access critical resources. This documentation guides you through the basic principles of Visual-Guard authentication, its benefits, and how it can be integrated into your applications.

Principles of Visual-Guard authentication

Visual-Guard enables flexible, secure management of user identities through a variety of authentication methods. Whether you’re developing a web, desktop or mobile application, Visual-Guard integrates seamlessly to deliver a secure and transparent user experience.

Supported authentication methods

• Visual-Guard authentication: Uses credentials such as username and password.
• Windows authentication: Allows users to authenticate via their Windows credentials, integrating authentication within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Database authentication: Authenticates users by verifying credentials stored in a database.
• External authentication: Integrates third-party identity providers such as OAuth, OpenID Connect, etc.

Benefits of Visual-Guard Authentication

• Enhanced security: Protect your applications by ensuring that only authenticated users have access to sensitive resources.
• Flexibility: Offers a variety of authentication methods to meet the specific needs of each application.
• Easy integration: couples easily with a wide range of technologies and application platforms.
• Centralized management: Enables centralized management of users and authentication policies through the VGRepository.

Visual-Guard authentication integration

Integrating Visual-Guard into your applications is designed to be simple and straightforward, with specific guides for each type of application, whether developed with .NET, Angular, WinForms, WPF, or other frameworks. Visual-Guard provides APIs, libraries and management tools to facilitate this integration, enabling rapid and efficient implementation of authentication.

Conclusion

Visual-Guard authentication is the key to securing your applications and protecting sensitive data. By offering a flexible and robust platform for identity and access management, Visual-Guard ensures that your applications remain secure, while providing an optimal user experience. For more information on integrating Visual-Guard and implementing specific authentication methods, please consult our detailed integration guides.