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Mike Jones

Identity Standards Architect (former) · Self-Employed Consultant · 25+ years in identity
Focus areas
OAuthOpenID ConnectJWTFIDO2
Notable work
  • Co-author and editor of OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749) supporting documents
  • Lead author of JSON Web Token (RFC 7519) and related JOSE specifications
  • Co-editor of OpenID Connect Core 1.0

Bio

Mike Jones is one of the most prolific contributors to modern identity standards. His name appears as author or editor on the JSON Web Token (RFC 7519), JSON Web Signature, JSON Web Encryption, and JSON Web Key specifications. Long career at Microsoft where he led identity standards work before becoming an independent consultant.

Notable contributions

Lead author or editor on the JOSE specification suite (JWT, JWS, JWE, JWK). Co-editor of OpenID Connect Core. Active contributor to OAuth working group specifications across two decades.

Profile built from public IETF and OpenID Foundation records. Corrections welcome.

Where their work shows up

The specifications carrying his name are the ones almost every modern identity system depends on: JWT (RFC 7519), JSON Web Signature, JSON Web Encryption, and JWKS. Those formats underpin OpenID Connect ID tokens and most access tokens, which is also why JWT validation errors are a recurring class in our identity CVE catalog.

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