Learn in detail about Single Sign-On (SSO)
Single Sign-On (SSO) is a technology that makes it easier for employees to log into multiple systems using only one set of login credentials. This interoperability between applications and services aids in reducing the chance or likelihood of a successful cyber attack by reducing vulnerabilities and increasing the complexity needed to gain unauthorized access.
Single Sign-On is the solution to overcoming complex challenges surrounding strong cyber security initiatives. Today’s exponentially growing business world paired with today’s ever-increasing integration between internal and external systems, platforms, devices, etc., has created many challenges concerning user identity management.
Single Sign-On reduces the risk of cyber security threats in the following ways:
It Reduces the Number of Usernames and Passwords Employees Need to Remember
Modern employees need many usernames and passwords to remember to perform their daily jobs. To compound the issue, today’s businesses implement enterprise-wide portals for content sharing and enterprise file storage. With so many user accounts needed, employees often reuse usernames and passwords, which only increases enterprise security risk. Keeper Security provides a solution to this issue by managing these enterprise security needs through an enterprise SSO platform. Employees will hence have unique usernames and passwords for every company portal they have to use.
It Makes Enterprise Applications Accessible to Any Device
Today’s enterprise SSO platforms allow employees to access enterprise applications through any device, including mobile devices. This accessibility provides greater flexibility for enterprise users and increases the productivity of the enterprise workforce. Today’s enterprise user demands an enterprise SSO solution that conveniently allows them to perform their daily work activities from any device.
Reducing Strain On It Security Teams With Password-Related Requests
Corporate IT security teams are often overwhelmed with password-related requests.
Single Sign-On (SSO) will reduce the amount of password resets, modifications, and the time it takes to get users back up and running because all logins are managed by a single, centrally managed SSO tool. Federation enables secure, cost-effective access to applications and resources across the multiple systems in use within organizations. SSO dramatically simplifies the management of users, their credentials, and access policies to all these systems.
Behavior Monitoring
Anytime a user accesses the cloud, downloads an application, or attempts to access a file from within an application, Single Sign-On can monitor this activity. Behavior Monitoring and Access Management prevents risky cyber behavior such as unintended data leaks (data exfiltration), data tampering, and privilege escalation. Behavior Monitoring and Access Management protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive data across enterprise applications. You can implement these security controls to prevent loss of critical data, identify compromised accounts, and provide 24/7 threat monitoring to alert your organization in real-time when there is a breach.
Simplifies Enterprise Administration Which Aids in Reducing It Costs
Single Sign-On reduces the number of passwords and usernames an employee must remember and streamlines how applications and data are accessed. As a result, Single Sign-On allows employees to access their enterprise environment through any device, dramatically simplifies how users authenticate access to sensitive corporate data, and reduce the risk of phishing attacks.
In addition, Single Sign-On centralizes account management from a single location and reduces the time IT administrators spend administering access to enterprise applications and services because their efforts are no longer needed to manage credentials for each app or service. The administrator can now provision user accounts in one system and configure authentication policies that apply to all enterprise applications.
Enterprise SSO is a more secure solution for enterprise applications because it eliminates the need to manage multiple usernames and passwords. Single Sign-On reduces the risk of compromised usernames and passwords through behavior monitoring, access management, centralized administration, password synchronization, and credential provisioning. As a result, enterprises can reduce cyber threats by providing better identity and access management.
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