<properties>
         <sitePath>/content/sites/site/org/onap/aai/sparky-be/${project.artifactId}/${project.version}</sitePath>
         <onap.nexus.url>https://nexus.onap.org</onap.nexus.url>
+        <portal.sdk.version>2.6.0</portal.sdk.version>
 
        <sonar.jacoco.reportPath />
        <sonar.jacoco.itReportPath />
 
     </properties>
 
+       <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.onap.portal.sdk</groupId>
+                <artifactId>epsdk-fw</artifactId>
+                <version>${portal.sdk.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <!-- we don't need to deploy the top level pom project -->
        <build>
          <pluginManagement>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.onap.portal.sdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>epsdk-fw</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.0</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
 
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.onap.portal.sdk</groupId>
                        <artifactId>epsdk-fw</artifactId>
-                       <version>2.5.0</version>
                        <exclusions>
                                <exclusion>
                                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
 
   }
 
 
-  @Override
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean isAppAuthenticated(HttpServletRequest request) throws PortalAPIException {
+    return  isAppAuthenticated(request,null);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAppAuthenticated(HttpServletRequest request,Map<String, String> paramMap) throws PortalAPIException {
     LOG.debug("Authentication request");
     String nameSpace = PortalApiProperties.getProperty(PortalApiConstants.AUTH_NAMESPACE);
     boolean accessAllowed = false;
     try {
-      accessAllowed = AuthUtil.isAccessAllowed(request, nameSpace);
+      accessAllowed = AuthUtil.isAccessAllowed(request, nameSpace,getCredentials());
     } catch (Exception e) {
       String response = "PortalRestAPICentralServiceImpl.isAppAuthenticated failed";
       LOG.error(response, e);
 
    * (non-Javadoc)
    *
    */
-  @Override
+  @Deprecated
   public boolean isAppAuthenticated(HttpServletRequest request) throws PortalAPIException {
+    return isAppAuthenticated(request,null);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean isAppAuthenticated(HttpServletRequest request,Map<String, String> paramMap) throws PortalAPIException {
     LOG.debug("Authentication request");
     PortalAuthenticationConfig config = PortalAuthenticationConfig.getInstance();
     String restUsername = request.getHeader(PortalAuthenticationConfig.PROP_USERNAME);