{"id":3462,"date":"2020-03-11T07:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T12:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2020-03-10T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T20:54:44","slug":"single-sign-on-sso-a-look-at-the-pros-and-cons-for-business-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stratospherenetworks.com\/blog\/single-sign-on-sso-a-look-at-the-pros-and-cons-for-business-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Single Sign-On (SSO): A Look at the Pros and Cons for Business Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"close-upAt this point, most people understand the importance of maintaining secure passwords<\/a> and not using the same one across multiple accounts. However, that\u2019s easier said than done, given how many passwords we must keep track of these days: As of 2019, the average small business employee had to manage 85 different passwords, while those at larger companies dealt with 25 on average, according to the 3rd<\/sup> Annual Global Password Security Report by LastPass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Faced with juggling numerous login credentials, it makes sense that many employees struggle to make them all unique, hard to guess and highly secure. The majority (51 percent) of IT professionals and IT security practitioners in the U.S. say it\u2019s difficult to manage all their passwords, according to the 2019 State of Password Authentication Security Behaviors Report<\/a> from the Ponemon Institute and Yubico.<\/p>\n

What can businesses do to make it easier for their staff members to wrangle all those passwords? A password manager<\/a> is one option that takes away the stress of remember dozens of different logins across various accounts. Another solution is single sign-on (SSO), a type of technology that allows end users to access various accounts\/applications with just one set of credentials.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re searching for a way to make proper password management easier for your team, here\u2019s an overview of all the essential info you should consider about SSO solutions, including the potential advantages as well as disadvantages for your organization.<\/p>\n

How Single Sign-On Works<\/h2>\n

SSO is a kind of Federated Identity Management (FIM), also known as identity federation, according to Citrix<\/a>. A FIM is an agreement between a group of enterprises that allows users to access each enterprise\u2019s network with a single set of credentials.<\/p>\n

There are a few different SSO protocols out there that allow people to link their identity across a range of secure domains:<\/p>\n

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