https://www.shkcorp.com/blog Practical notes on product management, distributed systems, and AI—written from real engineering and product experience. en-us kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/iam-chapter-2-authorization-idp-and-directories https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/iam-chapter-2-authorization-idp-and-directories Being authenticated gets you in the door. Authorization decides which rooms you can open. Covers authorization vs AuthN, coarse vs fine-grained access, Active Directory, and how an identity provider makes SSO work. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) iamauthorizationidentity-provideractive-directoryssostudy-notes https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/iam-study-series https://www.shkcorp.com/blog/iam-study-series Start here for a living study series on Identity and Access Management. Each chapter has my handwritten notes as a one-page image, built around one running example: John Wick, a design engineer at a fictional aerospace supplier. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT kshameed7@gmail.com (Hameed Syed K) iamidentityauthenticationauthorizationsecuritystudy-notes