Focus: SAP IAS, a part of BTP security domain within Business Technology Platform.
Also mentioned: Other videos on various BTP services available on the channel.
Other BTP Services Covered in Videos
BTP Audit Log Management Service
Alert Notification Service
Transport Management Service
Continuous Integration & Delivery Service
BTP Application Logging Service
BTP DevOps
BTP Application Autoscaler Service
BTP Identity Provisioning Service (IPS)
BTP Cloud Identity Services
Identity Access Governance
BTP Connectivity Service
BTP Destination Service
BTP Build Work Zone
Main Topic: SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS)
Definition: IAS is an identity provider by SAP, part of BTP.
Other Identity Providers:
Azure AD (by Microsoft)
Google Identity (by Google)
AWS IAM (by Amazon Web Services)
Okta, Ping Federate, SailPoint, etc.
Purpose: Store ID data (user/system details) for application authentication.
Functionality:
Authenticate users when they attempt to log in to applications.
Offers features like Single Sign-On, Multi-Factor Authentication, Federated authentication, concurrent access management, risk-based and conditional authentication, etc.
Key Use Cases
Main Identity Provider
All user data is stored in IAS.
Directly authenticate users via IAS.
Proxy Identity Provider
Uses an existing corporate identity provider (e.g., Azure AD) with IAS as a proxy.
Delegates authentication to corporate identity provider.
Reduces redundancy and supports seamless SAP application integration.
Cloud Identity Services
IAS and IPS have been merged into one system known as Cloud Identity Services.