You've Got a JWT - Now What?

​Join us live with John Bradley (JWT Co-inventor & Distinguished Architect at Yubico) as we dive into the practical use and security of JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Explore the origins and structure of JWTs, their various use cases, and their role in modern authentication standards. Discover how JWTs function in different scenarios, from workforce to consumer applications, and learn effective strategies for their implementation and security.

​We’ll discuss:

• ​The origins of tokens in authentication and the birth of the JWT

• ​Introduction to JWT structure and use cases

• ​Access IDs vs. Access tokens

• ​The usage of JWTs in workforce, customer, and consumer scenarios

• ​JWTs as API keys and secrets

• ​Tokens as enablers for auth standards and their function in OAuth

• ​JWT as data storage and its limitations

• ​The security state of JWTs nowadays and in the near future

• ​How to properly use JWT for authorization

• ​Short and long-lived tokens

• ​Should JWTs be stored in local storage?

• ​Q&A