Technology and Business Speed has Changed–So Must Identity and Access Management

Compelled by competitive pressures and user demand, companies have embraced mobility and cloud. And even if companies haven’t embraced cloud, their employees have. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is now commonplace, and the average mobile worker carries an average of3.5 mobile devices, each accessing multiple applications that connect to protected corporate information, or that serve as another place to squirrel away copies of corporate data. Individuals and individual departments—as well as partners—want immediate access to new cloud applications that help them get more work done faster. So the role of IT has changed.

SAML SSO increases security by enabling enterprises to more easily control access to their sensitive data and by reducing the number of user logins and the potential for sharing user IDs and passwords. It also eliminates the possibility of phishing attacks using fake login pages. SAML SSO increases user access and reduces user frustration by providing one-click access from portals and intranets, automatically renewing sessions, and enabling deep linking so users can reach links deep inside an application in one click even if they must first be authenticated and signed in by the identity provider.

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