SSO saves you headaches, but is it secure enough to hold all your secrets?
Do you ever “log in with Google” or “log in with Facebook” to access an account that’s not either of those two? If so, you have used single sign-on (SSO), and you probably chose that option because it saved you from having to create and remember yet another password for yet another account. That’s precisely the point of SSO — it’s a remedy for password fatigue.
The history of SSOAccording to Forbes, SSO was invented in the late 1980’s as an identity and access management system (IAM) to help companies and government agencies consolidate all their employees’ login credentials into a single infrastructure. The workforce was beginning to go digital, and employers quickly saw a problem when their workers started keeping track of their multiple passwords on post-in notes around their desks.
SSO simplified the process tremendously. Not only did it provide the convenience of a single authentication that unlocked multiple applications, but the reverse was also true – it was a one-stop shop to revoke all the privileges of an employee leaving the company. This was especially helpful to large enterprises where workers used dozens of applications.
Today, people are juggling more passwords than ever, and SSO options have become ubiquitous. Users like to choose SSO because it’s less of a headache, and websites like to offer SSO because it reduces user friction, the degree of effort a user must put forth to access a site or ap ..
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