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# Use Kong Gateway to Centralize Authentication with Okta

Using Kong Gateway for centralized authentication allows you to have leaner stacks for inside services and websites.

In this talk, Micah walks you through different architectural diagrams for authentication and shows a centralized gateway architecture in action.

### Speakers

#### **Micah Silverman**

Senior Security H@X0R

* Okta*

**Topics**
- [API Authentication](/resources/videos/tag/api-authentication)API Authentication- [Kong Gateway](/resources/videos/tag/kong-gateway)Kong Gateway

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