At the RSA Conference Tuesday, Symantec announced general availability of its O3 cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) and authentication service, which adheres to a concept company CEO Enrique Salem outlined exactly a year ago at RSA 2011. Symantec also provided detail on future capabilities the O3 cloud service will have for data-loss prevention and encryption.

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BACKGROUND: Symantec makes cloud-based security available for corporate trials

“O3 is cloud identity and access management,” said Nico Popp, Symantec vice president of product management. Businesses using it to manage authentication and access for users with any type of device can leverage their existing identity infrastructure, such as LDAP, Oracle or Microsoft database, to establish the initial authentication procedures in an agentless process through the O3 Gateway. This gateway, a login portal that will display applications that the individual is allowed to access, basically functions like a reverse proxy, Popp explains. Read more here…