Single sign-on (SSO) is a session and user authentication service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials — for example, a name and password — to access multiple applications. SSO can be used by enterprises, smaller organizations and individuals to ease the management of various usernames and passwords.
In a basic web SSO service, an agent module on the application server retrieves the specific authentication credentials for an individual user from a dedicated SSO policy server, while authenticating the user against a user repository, such as a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory. The service authenticates the end user for all the applications the user has been given rights to and eliminates future password prompts for individual applications during the same session.
Protect your business
Ensure that the right people have the right access and discreetly verify user identities when they log in and throughout the session. By using artificial intelligence (AI) to make smarter, better-informed decisions to modify users’ access, you’ll uncover outliers and toxic combinations of entitlements.
Enable digital transformation
Quickly enable access to resources and applications, whether in the cloud, on premises, or in a hybrid cloud. Whether you’re providing access to enterprise users, privileged administrators or consumers, you’ll be able to offer the seamless experience your users expect.
Establish compliance
Regulations come and go. It was SOX yesterday, GDPR and PSD2 today, and it will be something else tomorrow. Centrally manage access certifications, on- and off-boarding, and separation of duties violations, so you’re prepared to meet new regulations when they arise.