diff --git a/app/apps/users/auth.py b/app/apps/users/auth.py
index e0f006dbd..28cc1eecb 100644
--- a/app/apps/users/auth.py
+++ b/app/apps/users/auth.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import time
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from drf_spectacular.contrib.rest_framework_simplejwt import SimpleJWTScheme
@@ -8,6 +9,58 @@
 
 from .auth_dev import DevelopmentAuthenticationBackend
 
+
+class OIDCAuthenticationBackend(OIDCAuthenticationBackend):
+    def validate_issuer(self, payload):
+        issuer = self.get_settings("OIDC_OP_ISSUER")
+        if not issuer == payload["iss"]:
+            raise Exception(
+                '"iss": %r does not match configured value for OIDC_OP_ISSUER: %r'
+                % (payload["iss"], issuer)
+            )
+
+    def validate_audience(self, payload):
+        client_id = self.get_settings("OIDC_RP_CLIENT_ID")
+        trusted_audiences = self.get_settings("OIDC_TRUSTED_AUDIENCES", [])
+        trusted_audiences = set(trusted_audiences)
+        trusted_audiences.add(client_id)
+
+        audience = payload["aud"]
+        if not isinstance(audience, list):
+            audience = [audience]
+        audience = set(audience)
+        distrusted_audiences = audience.difference(trusted_audiences)
+        if distrusted_audiences:
+            raise Exception(
+                '"aud" contains distrusted audiences: %r' % distrusted_audiences
+            )
+
+    def validate_expiry(self, payload):
+        expire_time = payload["exp"]
+        now = time.time()
+        if now > expire_time:
+            raise Exception("Id-token is expired %r > %r" % (now, expire_time))
+
+    def validate_id_token(self, payload):
+        """Validate the content of the id token as required by OpenID Connect 1.0
+
+        This aims to fulfill point 2. 3. and 9. under section 3.1.3.7. ID Token
+        Validation
+        """
+        self.validate_issuer(payload)
+        self.validate_audience(payload)
+        self.validate_expiry(payload)
+        return payload
+
+    def get_userinfo(self, access_token, id_token=None, payload=None):
+        """
+        Get user info from the OIDC provider.
+        """
+        userinfo = self.verify_token(access_token)
+        self.validate_id_token(userinfo)
+        return userinfo
+
+
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 if settings.LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT_AUTHENTICATION:
diff --git a/app/config/settings.py b/app/config/settings.py
index 97f6e79eb..a2212a1f0 100644
--- a/app/config/settings.py
+++ b/app/config/settings.py
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ def filter_traces(envelope):
     "OIDC_OP_JWKS_ENDPOINT",
     "https://login.microsoftonline.com/72fca1b1-2c2e-4376-a445-294d80196804/discovery/v2.0/keys",
 )
+OIDC_RP_SIGN_ALGO = "RS256"
+OIDC_OP_ISSUER = os.getenv(
+    "OIDC_OP_ISSUER",
+    "https://login.microsoftonline.com/72fca1b1-2c2e-4376-a445-294d80196804/v2.0",
+)
 
 LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT_AUTHENTICATION = (
     os.getenv("LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT_AUTHENTICATION", False) == "True"