Initiatives such as single sign-on are gaining ground in companies, as many leaders are accelerating investments in digital security to reduce operational vulnerabilities.
And these investments are no accident. According to Check Point data, organizations worldwide face around 100,000 malicious websites and 10,000 malicious files every day.
In addition, in 2020, 46% of businesses dealt with at least one internal security threat originating from employees.
Given this rise in instability within companies, Gartner predicts that by year-end, global spending on security and risk management will reach US$ 150 bil
Single sign-on is an initiative that improves operational control and delivers a range of benefits to organizations. To help you understand these advantages and how to implement it, we put together a complete guide. Read on!
6 benefits of single sign-on in enterprise environments
In practical terms, single sign-on centralizes logins and passwords in a single access portal.
Known as SSO (Single Sign-On), this process brings together all the systems used within a company and unifies access credentials. As a result, organizations gain:
1 – Security and stronger data privacy
Imagine a house with three doors. The residents always need to check that every door is locked before going to bed or leaving, right?
After all, any one of them can pose a risk and let intruders in if it isn’t properly secured.
The same logic applies to logins and passwords. Signing in separately to every system an employee or customer uses opens up “vulnerabilities” and makes the organization a constant target for malicious activity.
Single sign-on drastically reduces these risks, because it gives your “house” a single “front door”, reinforced with the latest security technology, thereby increasing data privacy.
2 – Operational productivity
Who hasn’t wasted precious time authenticating into multiple systems at work, such as email, instant messaging platforms and cloud file storage?
This creates bottlenecks, hurts operational productivity and holds back employee efficiency. Single sign-on solves the problem, ensuring key systems can be accessed in just a few clicks.
3 – Great user experience
Building on the previous point, when users don’t have to sign in to multiple platforms separately, they also don’t have to memorize multiple logins and passwords.
As a result, companies deliver a great experience to both internal users (employees) and external users (customers), offering ease and convenience.
4 – Support for digital transformation
Digital transformation is on the rise, and companies worldwide are accelerating innovation initiatives to gain competitive advantage, technological maturity and continuous process optimization.
In this context, single sign-on gives organizations a new, more dynamic and flexible access management model that meets innovation requirements and complies with Brazil’s new data privacy law (LGPD).
5 – Better management of the entire operation
Another benefit of SSO is better operational management. You can quickly and easily provision and remove users, as well as define access levels according to each profile’s needs.
The process is centralized, simple and efficient, increasing the effectiveness of your technology team and reducing the risks associated with managing this information.
6 – Lower IT costs
Speaking of IT, single sign-on can also reduce technology costs.
This is possible thanks to more automated management (which eliminates manual processes) and the security it provides (which minimizes the risk of leaks, breaches or other costly incidents).
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Rely on an Identity Management solution
To help your business ensure greater data privacy and user management, we offer our Identity Management solution.
With deep technical expertise and cutting-edge resources, we support your business through every stage of planning, implementing and monitoring this service.
Identity Management brings the systems your users need together in a single access point, providing one way to sign in.
You can also customize access levels and adopt two-factor authentication (2FA) to ensure complete security for your users.