Overview (Authentication)

The Authentication view shows the security method distribution and strategic alignment of authentication types across your integration landscape. Use this analysis to identify dominant authentication patterns, assess security strategy fit, and support standardization and security modernization efforts.

Navigate to Reporting → Authentication → Overview to access authentication security analytics with strategy fit assessment and usage distribution.

Want to configure Authentication Integration Strategy?

See Onboarding Guide - 2.3.2 Authentication for authentication strategy configuration.

Authentication Overview

Authentication displays the security method distribution across your integration landscape, highlighting which authentication types are used most frequently and how well they align with your security strategy.

What you see:

Authentication distribution table with authentication types, clickable blue interface counts, and strategy fit indicators
Strategy Fit legend showing Good Fit (green), Partial Fit (yellow) and No Fit (red) classifications
Strategy Fit bar displaying overall security strategy alignment
Top 5 Authentications bar chart showing the most frequently used authentication methods
Data Source filter to analyze specific integration platforms
Environment filter to switch between configured environments (e.g. Production, Test Development) views

Using Authentication Counts

Authentication table shows detailed information for each authentication method in your landscape:

Column	Description
Authentication	Security method name (e.g. Basic, OAuth2ClientCredentials, None)
Interface	Clickable blue count of interfaces using this authentication
End-to-End	Number of end-to-end processes using this authentication
Strategy	Strategic classification if configured
Strategy Fit	Color-coded indicator (Good fit/Partial fit/No fit)

How to use the interface counts:

Click blue interface count numbers to filter and view specific interfaces:

Click "117" (Basic) → Shows all interfaces using Basic authentication
Click "122" (RoleBased) → Displays role-based authentication interfaces
Click "75" (None) → Lists interfaces with no authentication (security risk)
Click "49" (OAuth2ClientCredentials) → Shows OAuth2-based secure interfaces
Click any authentication count to see detailed interface breakdown

Strategy Fit

Strategy Fit shows how well your authentication methods align with your security strategy:

Strategy Fit legend:

Good Fit (Green) → Authentication methods aligned with your security strategy (e.g. OAuth2ClientCredentials, ClientCertificate)
Partial Fit (Yellow) → Acceptable but not ideal authentication methods (e.g. Basic, BasicAuthentication)
No Fit (Red) → Deprecated or insecure authentication methods (e.g. None, plain text)

How to use Strategy Fit:

Good Fit authentications → Continue using and promote for new interfaces
Partial Fit authentications → Monitor usage, plan security upgrades when possible
No Fit authentications → Priority security remediation candidates

Strategy indicators help:

Identify security risks → High usage + No Fit = urgent security action needed
Support security standardization → Promote Good Fit authentication across teams
Guide security decisions → Avoid No Fit authentication for new implementations

Top 5 Authentications

Top 5 Authentications displays the most frequently used authentication methods across your integration landscape:

Current top authentications:

RoleBased - Dominant authentication method (141 interfaces)
Basic - Traditional username/password authentication
None - No authentication (potential security risk)
OAuth2ClientCredentials - Modern secure authentication standard
loginPlain - Plain text authentication (security concern)

Use Top 5 Authentications to:

Identify security concentration and potential authentication dependencies
Support security modernization planning by understanding current authentication mix
Guide standardization efforts based on actual usage patterns
Assess security portfolio balance between secure and legacy authentication methods

Authentication (Selected)

When you click any blue authentication count, you'll see the Interfaces table filtered to show only interfaces using that specific authentication method.

*Interfaces table showing filtered results for OAuth2ClientCredentials authentication with interface names, senders, receivers and data sources*

What you see after clicking:

Filtered interface list showing only interfaces with the selected authentication (e.g. OAuth2ClientCredentials)
Interface details including Name/Type, Sender, Receiver, Data Source and Tags
Search and filter controls to further refine the results
Green status indicators showing interface health
Sortable columns for organizing the interface list

Use the filtered view to:

Review security implementation across specific authentication types
Identify security inconsistencies by examining interfaces with the same authentication
Plan security upgrades by understanding which interfaces use deprecated methods
Assess security coverage based on authentication patterns

Click the browser back button or navigate to Reporting → Authentication to return to the authentication overview.

Authentication Insights

Security distribution patterns:

High Basic usage may indicate legacy authentication requiring modernization
Strong OAuth2 presence suggests modern security architecture adoption
None authentication usage represents immediate security risks requiring attention

Recommended actions:

High usage + No Fit → Priority security remediation candidates (e.g. high None usage)
Low usage + No Fit → Easy wins for security cleanup (e.g. deprecated methods)
High usage + Good Fit → Success patterns to promote (e.g. OAuth2ClientCredentials)
Fragmented usage → Opportunities for authentication standardization

Security planning:

Use authentication data to support security roadmap decisions
Identify opportunities for authentication consolidation and standardization
Plan migration strategies for No Fit authentication methods with high usage
Promote Good Fit authentication methods for new interface development

These classifications control how authentication usage is displayed in the Strategy Fit dashboard panels and help identify alignment with your security architecture.