# Authentication Best Practices

DevFeed: [Authentication Best Practices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/authentication-best-practices-29574.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/authentication-best-practices/>)

Author: sakshyam.shah@goteleport.com (Sakshyam Shah)

Published: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Single sign-on (SSO)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sso.md>), [OAuth 2.0](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth2.md>), [openid](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openid.md>), [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saml.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [WebAuthn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webauthn.md>), [password reset](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/password-reset.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [oauth2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth2.md>), [openid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openid.md>), [saml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/saml.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sso](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sso.md>), [tokens](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tokens.md>)

## AI overview

A guide to authentication best practices, including prioritizing passwordless authentication, using federated login and single sign-on, and hardening authentication functionality. It notes that security depends on correctly implementing the relevant standards and processes.

## Source excerpt

Learn about authentication best practices such as prioritizing passwordless authentication and implementing federated login with 2fa in this comprehensive blog post.