# \[Question\] Perspective Session Security **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition Early Access\ **Created:** [November 20, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-session-security/20975 "2018-11-20T17:58:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![awalker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/awalker/32/6874_2.png) [@awalker](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/awalker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-session-security/20975/3 "2018-12-21T23:54:59Z")
Please see this post for more information on Perspective Security: > [@Identity Providers and Security Levels](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/identity-providers-and-security-levels/21342): > > Last night's build includes the configuration pages in the Gateway Web Interface for Security Levels and Identity Providers! You will find the two new links here: [image] Identity Providers In order to have Ignition 8 and Perspective be compatible with modern authentication practices, we have introduced a new concept, called Identity Providers (often shortened to IdP). An Identity Provider knows how to manage a web-based authentication strategy. Ignition 8 will include three different IdP type… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-perspective-session-security/20975)._