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What is SSO?

Single Sign-On (SSO) allows businesses to outsource their authentication process to trusted identity providers. By doing so, companies can manage user accounts efficiently and securely, centralizing the creation, deletion, and auditing of user access across multiple applications.

For organizations with more than a handful of employees, SSO is essential. It enables IT and Security teams to manage user accounts across dozens or even hundreds of vendors effectively. Without SSO, these teams would need to log into numerous user management portals to disable accounts for employees who leave the company, which is both time-consuming and prone to errors.

Why Single Sign-On Matters?

Every day, we read about phishing, security breaches with user data, and credentials being shared on the darknet.

Of course you can train your employees, but

what about newcomers to your organization?
what about an employee that might never be careful before clicking?
what if the threat comes from inside your organization?

It only takes 1 employee making a mistake, or one computer not being secured, and your key data is at risk.

One of the solutions to this problem could be to use single-sign on for each and every app your company is using.

And here comes the trick. As explained on sso.tax, many software editors charge 2x, 3x, 4x and sometimes much more on their base product pricing to benefit from SSO.

That’s a price that cannot be afforded by smaller companies. It can be a price that is not worth it sometimes, compared to the additional features the plan offers. In other words, companies – and most especially SMBs – have to choose between price and security.

Yes, we hear that software companies might charge a product to offer SSO, but why not use open-source solutions?

Yes we hear that software companies have some maintenance to do, but then why are they only tying security features to higher cost plans?

It is difficult to hear that you do not offer security features from the lowest subscription plan. As far as we know, safety belts are integrated in all cars whether this is a low cost one or a luxury one.

Software Companies,

if your whole customer base was using SSO and you suddenly got breached, you could assure them that no password was shared. This is a cool feature, isn’t it?
If your whole customer base was using SSO, wouldn’t the secrets management be easier on your side? Can we also imagine removing the entire tech stack used to manage passwords and secrets?
Ask your Product Manager to discuss with your smaller accounts to understand to which extent these features could be beneficial to them! Maybe this will be another factor in customer satisfaction?!

Maybe it will be worth having a look at this great report written by the CISA!
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/why-smbs-dont-deploy-single-sign-sso

Why Support SSO-Friendly Vendors?

By choosing vendors that prioritize SSO, businesses can:

enhance their security posture by ensuring strong authentication practices.
Streamline user account management, reducing administrative overhead.
Ensure quick and efficient deactivation of user accounts when employees leave the company, minimizing security risks.

Join Us

Support the movement towards making SSO a standard feature by choosing SSO-Friendly vendors. Together, we can create a safer and more secure digital environment for businesses of all sizes.

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