SAML Service

Access Manager uses SAML as the means for exchanging security information. SAML uses an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) framework to achieve interoperability between vendor platforms that provide SAML assertions.

In anticipation of the next release of Access Manager and support of SAML 2.0, SAML attributes have been moved under the Federation tab although it’s usage is independent of the functionality discussed in this guide. The Liberty-based features in Access Manager use SAML but that usage is not configurable. For more information on the independent SAML Service, see Chapter 9, SAML Administration.