diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.h b/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.h
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.h
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.h
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@
   static const std::string OPTION_NOTIFS_APNS_P12_CERT_PASSWORD;
   static const std::string OPTION_NOTIFS_APNS_TOPIC;
   static const std::string OPTION_NOTIFS_FCM_SERVER_KEY;
+  static const std::string OPTION_SESSIONS_SKIP_AUTH_KEY;
 
   static ConfigManager &getInstance();
   void load();
   std::string getParameter(std::string param);
+  bool isParameterSet(std::string param);
 };
 
 } // namespace config
diff --git a/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.cpp b/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.cpp
--- a/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/services/tunnelbroker/src/libcpp/src/Tools/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
     "notifications.apns_topic";
 const std::string ConfigManager::OPTION_NOTIFS_FCM_SERVER_KEY =
     "notifications.fcm_server_key";
+const std::string ConfigManager::OPTION_SESSIONS_SKIP_AUTH_KEY =
+    "sessions.skip_authentication";
 
 ConfigManager &ConfigManager::getInstance() {
   static ConfigManager instance;
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@
         boost::program_options::value<std::string>()->required(),
         "Firebase Cloud Messaging server key for Android notifications");
 
+    description.add_options()(
+        this->OPTION_SESSIONS_SKIP_AUTH_KEY.c_str(),
+        "Skip sessions authentication mechanism");
+
     boost::program_options::parsed_options parsedDescription =
         boost::program_options::parse_config_file(
             fileStream, description, true);
@@ -141,6 +147,10 @@
   return parameterValue;
 }
 
+bool ConfigManager::isParameterSet(std::string param) {
+  return this->variablesMap.count(param) != 0;
+}
+
 } // namespace config
 } // namespace network
 } // namespace comm