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MobileFirst security framework

The MobileFirst security framework implements the security capabilities of IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation, which are used to secure your mobile applications and protect your resources.

• Overview of the MobileFirst security framework
  Learn about the security framework of IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (the security framework), its building blocks, and the related authorization flows for protecting your resources and securing your applications.
• OAuth resource protection
  Learn how to configure and customize OAuth protection for your resources.
• Confidential clients
  Learn how to allow confidential clients to connect to mobile services in a secure way. For example, we can grant a back-end service access to the Push service.
• Security checks
  Learn how to create custom security checks, use the predefined MobileFirst security checks, and configure the behavior of your security checks at the adapter and application levels.
• Access tokens
  Learn more about the access tokens that are generated by the security framework, and how to configure these tokens.
• Client security APIs
  Learn about the MobileFirst security client APIs for issuing resource requests and handling security challenges.
• Configure IBM WebSphere DataPower as the OAuth authorization server
  
• Configure the MobileFirst Server keystore
  Configure MobileFirst Server to use your own keystore for production-level security.

Parent topic: Develop applications