Single sign-on is a solution that helps users to access multiple websites of the same business using only one set of credentials. That means users do not need to create new username and password for every website and application. This saves their time ad improves experience.
Hey guys, be honest! Do you have more than five unique passwords? I am sure, the answer is no. Am I right? Most of us use a single password to login for multiple web services like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and online banking services etc. I am also sure that you provided the same password request or forget question for many of web services that you are accessing. We all are doing this because we are too lazy and also we don’t like to remember complex passwords and several usernames. But thanks to theSingle Sign-On(SSO) solution, by using it users can enter a username and password only once, and get safe and secure access across multiple applications and web services. It lets users access mobile, on-premises and cloud-based apps from any device in a secure way.
SSO can centralizes authentications on several servers by using respected servers for holding SSO modules. These servers are like gatekeepers that make sure that all the authentication must first passed through the SSO server then it passes along the ID credentials that has secured for authentication for a particular registered web application. Also, SSO has more secure storage for passwords and credentials that makes it more tough for hackers to crack.
SSO itself does not improve security, yes it is like a two-edged sword that means if it is not deployed in a proper way then it may degrade security. SSO eases the logging of multiple websites but at the same time if it is compromised it gives keys to hackers to access your accounts.
Some benefits of Single Sign-On are:
Web Single Sign-On (WSSO) is very important for both small and big businesses to maintain their customer’s identity. It enables businesses to customize how customers and users are authenticated on different Identity services that are based on their security environment. WSSO provides complete insights of users to the business that help marketers to make new and more customers targeting business strategies.
By keeping track of customers, removing access of the accounts of long-gone employees, keep monitoring the suspicious activities, and removing the fear of remembering passwords, there is no doubt that SSO is very important to increase IT security of an organization or business.
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