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Feb 28, 2026

OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration: RFC 7591, 7592

Whether you’re building a massive SaaS platform or a niche API, OAuth is the gold standard for authorization. In such there might arise a hurdle that every developer faces: Registration.

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Jun 5, 2025

NIST SP 800-63C-4: How Identity Crosses Trust Boundaries

Every time a user clicks “Sign in with Google” or gets SSO access to a third-party app from a corporate IdP, identity crosses a trust boundary. Identity proofing happened somewhere, authentication happened somewhere else, and now another system needs to rely on that result.

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Mar 15, 2025

NIST SP 800-63B-4: What “Strong Authentication” Actually Means

NIST SP 800-63B-4 is the authentication volume of the 800-63-4 suite. It defines exactly what authenticator types qualify at each assurance level, what phishing resistance actually requires, and what your session and recovery policies need to look like.

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Jan 19, 2025

Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Applications

In this blog, I’m summarizing key concepts and ideas i take way from book “Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Architectures” by Tod Golding, which I started reading while working on Tenant Management System at Money Forward.

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Bala

An ID Developer at Money Forward, Tokyo. Designing secure authentication solutions using OAuth2.0, OpenID, SAML, and Passkeys. Experienced in microservices, DevOps, and SRE optimizations. Passionate about building robust, secure identity systems. LinkedIn.

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