#### [Abblix\.SecurityEvents](https://www.abblix.com/en/docs/api/abblix-securityevents 'index')
### [Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.Steps](https://www.abblix.com/en/docs/api/abblix-securityevents/Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.Steps 'Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.Steps')

## AudienceStep Class

Requires the "aud" claim to name this receiver\. RFC 8417 Section 2\.2 only RECOMMENDS the
claim, but a receiver that skips the check accepts events addressed to somebody else \- the
separate\-audience strategy of Section 4\.2 works only when audiences are actually checked \- so
the default profile checks, and a receiver in a closed deployment removes the step as a named
decision rather than by leaving an option empty\.

```csharp
public sealed class AudienceStep : Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.ISecurityEventTokenValidator
```

Inheritance [System\.Object](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.object 'System\.Object') → AudienceStep

Implements [ISecurityEventTokenValidator](https://www.abblix.com/en/docs/api/abblix-securityevents/Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.ISecurityEventTokenValidator 'Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.ISecurityEventTokenValidator')
### Methods

## AudienceStep\.ValidateAsync\(SecurityEventTokenValidationContext, CancellationToken\) Method {#Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.Steps.AudienceStep.ValidateAsync(Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext,System.Threading.CancellationToken)}

Checks the token in flight\.

```csharp
public System.Threading.Tasks.ValueTask<Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationError?> ValidateAsync(Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext context, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken);
```
#### Parameters

###### `context` [SecurityEventTokenValidationContext](https://www.abblix.com/en/docs/api/abblix-securityevents/Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext 'Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext') {#Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.Steps.AudienceStep.ValidateAsync(Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext,System.Threading.CancellationToken).context}

The state accumulated by earlier steps\.

###### `cancellationToken` [System\.Threading\.CancellationToken](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.cancellationtoken 'System\.Threading\.CancellationToken') {#Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.Steps.AudienceStep.ValidateAsync(Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext,System.Threading.CancellationToken).cancellationToken}

Cancels I/O the step performs, such as key retrieval\.

Implements [ValidateAsync\(SecurityEventTokenValidationContext, CancellationToken\)](https://www.abblix.com/en/docs/api/abblix-securityevents/Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.ISecurityEventTokenValidator#Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.ISecurityEventTokenValidator.ValidateAsync(Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext,System.Threading.CancellationToken) 'Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.ISecurityEventTokenValidator\.ValidateAsync\(Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.SecurityEventTokenValidationContext, System\.Threading\.CancellationToken\)')

#### Returns
[System\.Threading\.Tasks\.ValueTask&lt;](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.valuetask-1 'System\.Threading\.Tasks\.ValueTask\`1')[SecurityEventTokenValidationError](https://www.abblix.com/en/docs/api/abblix-securityevents/Abblix.SecurityEvents.Validation.SecurityEventTokenValidationError 'Abblix\.SecurityEvents\.Validation\.SecurityEventTokenValidationError')[&gt;](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.valuetask-1 'System\.Threading\.Tasks\.ValueTask\`1')  
Null to pass the token on; an error to stop the pipeline with that verdict\.