Access Management - Technology
OAuth
(Open Authorization)
A standard that lets an application access something on your behalf without receiving your password
What's it for?
Lets one application get limited permission to act for a user without being given their password.
For example…
A expenses app asks permission to read your calendar busy times via OAuth — it never sees your email password.
A calendar app uses OAuth so it can read a user's Google Calendar after consent without ever learning the user's Google password
Think of it like…
Giving a valet a car key that only starts the engine, not a master key to your house