The map backing SimpleMapBackedSecurityRealm should be an identity map not a password map. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: ELY-728 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ELY-728 Project: WildFly Elytron Issue Type: Task Components: API / SPI, Realms Reporter: Darran Lofthouse Priority: Critical Fix For: 1.2.0.Beta12 This realm is useful in cases where we need an identity to exist where the mechanism has performed validation without requiring access to credentials.