SAML Last modified: Tuesday, August 14, 2007
(Pronounced "sam-el") Short for Security Assertion Markup Language, an XML-based framework for ensuring that transmitted communications are secure. SAML defines mechanisms to exchange authentication, authorization and nonrepudiation information, allowing single signon capabilities for Web services.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about SAML . Also check out the following links! Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)  As its name suggests, SAML allows business entities to make assertions regarding the identity, attributes, and entitlements of a subject (an entity that is often a human user) to other entities, such as a partner company or another enterprise application.	Security Web Services XML authentication authorization markup language nonrepudiation PKI single signon Web services XML Give Us Your Feedback Shopping SAML Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Building Supplies 1 Store Offers Books 1 Model Matches