The applications we are subscribed to and use every day in the office are so many. It's easy to lose count, there's Adobe, HubSpot, Zendesk, Atlassian, all of which come alongside us in our daily work routine.
Each has different credentials, passwords that we jot down somewhere and then promptly forget.
Often, in fact, in order to simplify access we end up using the same password, putting the security of our information at risk.
How does Single Sign-On work?
Today we want to talk to you about Single Sign-On (SSO), a simple and secure authentication process that allows, thanks to SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), you to log in to multiple applications using only your Gmail credentials. Google thus becomes the identity provider (IdP) for all those you use.
If you are an administrator of the G Suite Console you can enable it for access by colleagues, with the ability to manage and centrally control access to thousands of additional Apps.
The system previously certifies the user's credentials and does not ask to re-enter them again. For some applications you need to register in advance with your domain and then log in with Google credentials, for others it works directly.
How is Single Sign-On activated?
In the Administration Console just go to Applications, click on SAML Apps, then Enable Single Sign-On for a SAML Application. You will be able to browse a list of additional Apps and choose the ones you use.
In each you will find parameters needed to synchronize additional Apps with your G Suite account: Service Provider Details, Entity ID, and Startup URL.
We remind you that thanks to User Provisioning you can share them automatically, once created, for all employees in your company.
How to make corporate data more secure?
To make your corporate data more secure, we remind you to use:
- Single Sign-On
- Security Tokens They plug into your computer and send an encrypted code to Google's servers without having to type anything on the screen.
- two-factor verification
- Mobile Device Management for Android, iOS, Windows and other smartphones
- Vault (included in G Suite Business and Enterprise versions)
Why enable Single Sign-On?
- access additional Apps with a single account
- simplify access management, user friendly
- increase corporate security, track credential use reports
- optimize time spent on password recovery
Have you enabled Single Sign-On from the G Suite console?