---
title: "Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/add-step-up-authentication-using-angular-and-nestjs-wyoubhgzo
source_url: https://developer.okta.com/blog/2024/03/12/stepup-authentication
type: article
source: "Okta Dev"
published: 2024-03-12T16:19:43.068Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z
tags: ["authentication", "angular", "oauth", "nestjs"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 12
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Add Step-up Authentication Using Angular and NestJS

**[Okta Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/okta)** · 14 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

This post demonstrates how to add step-up authentication to an Angular frontend and NestJS backend using the OAuth 2.0 Step Up Authentication Challenge Protocol. It covers setting up the authentication configuration, guarding routes with step-up authentication, and protecting API resources with the challenge. The post also mentions the possibility of ensuring authentication recency in step-up authentication.

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daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://developer.okta.com/blog/2024/03/12/stepup-authentication>

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Tags: [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#angular](https://daily.dev/tags/angular), [#oauth](https://daily.dev/tags/oauth), [#nestjs](https://daily.dev/tags/nestjs)

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