Enriched user text, expanded logs, and other product updates
Auth Thoughts is a monthly newsletter produced by Team Descope, the collective consciousness of everyone at Descope. Read on for product updates, tutorials, and a monthly roundup from the world of identity and authentication.
Descope changelog
To paraphrase a quote from Dory the forgetful fish: “Just keep shipping”. Here are some of the latest product updates from Descope:
??? Enriched text experience
Text components in our user-facing screens now look more native than ever! With the ability to change font styles, concatenate different elements, and append text in any user-facing screen, you can display the right message at the right time in the right way across your user journey.
?? Complete audit logs in audit widgets?
Our audit widgets now show expanded views for each audit event, helping your tenant admins troubleshoot and get full visibility without requiring your intervention for debugging.
??? Align with each app’s look and feel
Using Descope to add SSO to multiple off-the-shelf or internal applications in a single project? You can now add multiple style definitions, each with its own brand identity values for colors, typography, border radius, button styles…if you can think of it, you can change it, allowing each app’s user-facing screen to have its own unique brand identity.
Keep an eye on our changelog for ongoing product announcements. Have questions? Join our community and visit the #ask-a-descoper channel.
Reducing password-related support tickets by 50%
A few weeks ago, our friends at Branch Insurance joined a webinar hosted by a FIDO Alliance to share how implementing passkeys with Descope helped them:
Tutorial central?
Looking for help on how to integrate Descope for a particular framework or perform certain tasks? Our DevRel team has you covered.
?? Authenticating APIs with tRPC and Descope: This blog goes through how to integrate Descope with tRPC to secure APIs in TypeScript environments.
??Add auth and RBAC to Next.js 14: This blog goes through how to add magic links and RBAC to Next.js 14 using App Router with a sample app and code snippets every step of the way.
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?? Add auth and FGA to Pinecone: This tutorial goes over how to add social login and ReBAC to a Pinecone RAG app using Descope.
Concept corner
We’re always happy to talk auth when given the chance. Here are some refreshers and best practices to keep in mind.
?? AITM attacks: Adversary-in-the-middle (AITM) is an attack in which cybercriminals attempt to compromise a user account by intercepting communication between the victim and the digital property they’re accessing. Learn how they work and prevention tips.
?? SAML 101: SAML is an open standard that uses Extensible Markup Language (XML) to pass user data between web-based IdPs and SPs. It is commonly used for Single Sign-On (SSO) and other forms of federated identity management. Learn more.
Connector spotlight: Twilio Verify
Descope’s connector with Twilio Verify helps organizations add compliant, multilingual SMS and voice OTP verification to their user journey flows. Organizations using the connectors can prevent SMS pumping fraud and implement fast and easy OTP across different form factors for a seamless, secure user experience.
? Add SMS and voice OTP
? Translate SMS and voice messages based on the user’s phone number
? Block fraudulent SMS attempts
? Track successful OTP verification
? Correlate data with other risk identification tools like reCAPTCHA
Helpful resources
Thanks for reading Auth Thoughts! If you’d like any other updates from the world of identity and authentication included in this newsletter, please let us know in the comments below.
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?? Developer blogs, if you’re looking for tutorials with specific frameworks or auth methods.
?? Documentation, for Descope setup instructions, SDK code snippets, and more.
See you in a few weeks!