About Proficy Authentication

Proficy Authentication (UAA) provides identity-based security for Proficy based applications and APIs. It supports open standards for authentication and authorization, including OAuth2. Proficy Authentication is designed to operate on a cloud-native architecture, aligning with Cloud Foundry's principles for agility and efficiency. Visit Cloud foundry for more information. Organizations can easily deploy, manage, and scale Proficy Authentication within the Cloud Foundry environment, streamlining the operational aspects of authentication and access management. The application also offers a secure and efficient user authentication experience, making it ideal for mission-critical applications where reliability is paramount.

Several Proficy products use Proficy Authentication, including Historian, Plant Applications, and Operations Hub. You can configure Proficy Authentication from within Configuration Hub.

Proficy products can share an existing common Proficy Authentication (UAA) instance, which allows for all products to use a central User store for authentication and authorization.

Proficy Authentication can be configured to collaborate with external identity providers that use these two common protocols:

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
• Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

When Proficy Authentication is integrated with an external identity provider, it enables users and groups managed by that provider to access Proficy products and features. This means that the authentication and authorization established by the external identity provider extend to various services within the ecosystem.

OAuth is designed as an authorization protocol permitting a user to share access to specific resources with a service provider.

Benefits of using OAuth:

• Enables third-party application access
• Controlled access to APIs
• Adaptable and flexible user interactions