A method and a system for providing a bridging solution in order to ensure that a current authentication protocol remains effective when a new authentication protocol is to be introduced but has not yet been implemented at both ends of an interaction between a requesting application and a database are provided. The method includes determining whether a first authentication protocol that is currently implemented by the application is the same protocol as a second authentication protocol that is currently implemented by the database. When the two protocols are different, the first protocol is used to validate a request for data submitted by the application in conjunction with authentication information; the authentication information is converted into a format that is usable by the second protocol; and the converted information is used with the second protocol to generate information that indicates that the request has been authenticated.