Remember SSO
Full name: Single Sign-On
Memory aid: Sign in Once, open several services.
SSO centralizes a valuable session that needs strong protection.
Study area: Identity & access · Batch 3
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals SC-900 · Identity and Access Administrator SC-300 · Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 · ISC2 CC · Cybersecurity Architect SC-100
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SSO — Single Sign-On
Lets an authenticated user access multiple applications through a common sign-in arrangement.
Why learn SSO — Single Sign-On?
Lets an authenticated user access multiple applications through a common sign-in arrangement.
Where it came from
SSO centralizes a valuable session that needs strong protection.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Sign in Once, open several services.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand SSO: Single Sign-On.
- Recall this memory aid: Sign in Once, open several services.
- Explain the practical use: Lets an authenticated user access multiple applications through a common sign-in arrangement.
- Explain this distinction: SSO centralizes a valuable session that needs strong protection.
- Identify SSO in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- NIST cybersecurity glossary (csrc.nist.gov)