Top 5 SSO Security Advantages

Behold the power of one password. That's right, password. No longer are you faced with a plethora of login credentials that you know you will never remember. That vicious cycle of helpdesk calls followed by daily account lockouts has finally come to an end. It sounds like you’ve found yourself a single sign-on (SSO) solution and you’re ready to embrace the convenience. After all, convenience was your primary reason for adopting such a technology, was it not? I’ll let you get back to me on that one. In the meantime, let’s take a look at SSO security, a hot topic among the information security community and what more and more IT decision makers are referring to as their “primary motive” for deploying SSO.

A Strong Password: A Hard Nut to Crack

In a recent article “The Great Bank Heist,” I touched on the topic of strong passwords and the need for them. After completing that article I walked away and thought stronger passwords are worth taking a deeper look at and felt compelled to write an article about it. So here it goes…

Top 5 Solutions to Stop Hackers

And when I say hackers, I want to be clear. I mean the security crackers that break into your account to steal your information, max out your credit card, and wreak havoc on your computer or device! This is not how you intended things to end when you chose that password that you could remember or ignored Gmail’s new second factor feature. But, now it is too late. Unless you have a Tardis, you are not changing the fact that your email or other personal accounts have been compromised.