Instead of asking employees to input passwords every day, single sign-on (SSO) offers a simplified but secure authentication process. SSO authentication gives a user the option of choosing a single set of credentials to access multiple accounts and services. So, how can organizations best use SSO for their purposes?
This authentication scheme works with the assistance of a dedicated SSO policy server. When a user attempts to authenticate themselves, the server sends back credentials for the user to an agent module on an application. The SSO service also verifies the user’s identity against a list of approved users. Through this, the service authenticates the user across all accounts and applications which the user is approved to access. It subsequently disables future password prompts for when the user once again seeks to access those in-scope accounts and applications.
To do this, organizations first need to be clear in their understanding of SSO.
SSO Benefits and Challenges
SSO offers several benefits to organizations. Four in particular stand out:
Reduces password fatigue. “Password fatigue” usually sets in when users need to remember passwords for multiple accounts and websites. This fatigue takes the form of users reusing their passwords across several accounts, thus freeing them from the burden of remembering a unique password for each account. In doing so, they open themselves, and, by extension the organization, to the risk of password reuse attacks. SSO addresses this problem by reducing the number of passwords that users need to remember. Therefore, users can more easily create and remember a strong password under a SSO policy.
Helps out administrators. The fact that users don’t have to remember so many passwords with SSO h ..
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