So far, we have covered data handling using multiple features and techniques of mobile and enterprise data applications by using SQL and HTTP adapters. In this chapter, we will explore the security capabilities of IBM Worklight.

We can protect our applications and adapter procedures against unauthorized access request and transfer secure data between mobile and enterprise applications. We will also learn about the general security principles, concepts, and terminologies.

Worklight has a built-in authentication framework that allows the developer to configure and use it with very little effort. The Worklight project has an authentication configuration file, which is used to declare and force security on mobile applications, adapters, data, and web resources, which consist of the following security entities.

We will talk about the various predefined authentication realms and security tests that are provided in Worklight out of the box.

To identify the importance...