SSO in Cloud

1.	What is Single Sign On in Cloud?
	SaaS Applications are not integrated into enterprise Active Directory, therefore each individual application needs to be logged in individually. User identities for SaaS Applications tend to be corporate centric, example: John@companyA.com, james@companyB.com etc. User names in the enterprise may or may not have any correlation to the SaaS User Id’s. Users have to remember multiple user Id’s and Passwords to get access to these applications. This same situation may be applicable to enterprise web applications too. Single Sign on technology should eliminate the second login into SaaS and enterprise applications. Single Sign On in cloud enables the users to log into SaaS Applications seamlessly once they are logged into enterprise AD. Any Single Sign On solution without a need to have enterprise agents on client machines, and operates out of cloud is Single Sing On in cloud.

2.	Why do we need Single Sign On in Cloud?
	In addition to reduce help desk calls for forgotten passwords, Single Sign On technology also provides a key inherent advantage Zero-Day Access Control. When a user is disabled in Active Directory, Single Sign On needs to be disabled for the user for all the SaaS and enterprise Web applications.

3.	Is Single Sign On accessible from outside the enterprise?
	Yes, Apere Single Sign On technology whether it is initiated from Public, private or captive configurations are completely accessible from outside the enterprise. Combination of technology partnerships with Cisco, Citrix, F5 and Bluecoat enable Apere to provide SSO or Single Sign on to users inside the enterprise or outside the enterprise without a need for client agents.

4.	How can we make sure the enterprise security is protected with SSO?
	Active Directory inside the enterprise or industry leading IAM deployments can be integrated with Apere Single Sign On/SSO technology to extend the enterprise security to cloud applications. 256 bit encryptions with third party certificates and HTTPS protocol protect all communications between the users, cloud and enterprise authentication platforms for SSO or Single Sign On.

5.	Is SAML SSO?
	SAML is a mechanism that SaaS Applications can delegate the enterprise authentication to respective enterprises for higher security. SSO or Single Sign On can be achieved with Apere technology where the SAML requests are transparently checked with Active Directory or IAM’s SUN-AM, SiteMinder. Once the user is logged into AD or enterprise IAM’s they will get Single Sign on SSO into SaaS Applications without a login. SSO can be achieved with SAML by Apere Cloud/Captive SSO engine with tight integration with enterprise AD or IAM.

6.	How many SaaS Applications are SAML and not SAML?
	There are 100+ SaaS Applications for enterprises and growing, there are 7 to 10 SaaS Applications adopted by each enterprise today. 99% of applications don’t support SAML yet, enterprises need to have process in place or IdP support. SSO can be achieved with SAML by Apere Cloud/Captive SSO engine with tight integration with enterprise AD or IAM.