Are Passwords Driving You Crazy? Implement Single Sign-On! Let’s be honest! Do you have more than five unique passwords? I am sure, the answer is no. Most of us use a single email ID 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 you accessing. We all are doing this because we are too lazy, we do not like to remember complex passwords and several usernames. But thanks to the Single Sign-On(SSO) solution, by using it users can enter a single username and password only once, and get safe and secure access to get 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.
How SSO added security to your Data? SSO can centralized 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 be 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: ●
Get one-click access to multiple web applications and service.
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Now users have to remember only one username and password, so they create a strong password thus improves security.
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Reduce help desk cost by reducing the issues related to forgotten passwords.
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Simplify web access for business partners, employees and for customers.
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Saves users time of authentication to the website.
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. Source: http://guidesocialmedia.blogspot.in/2016/07/are-passwords-driving-you-crazy.html