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Glossary: Identity and Access Management

SSO (single sign-on)

Also written: single sign-on

Signing in once at an identity provider and then using many apps without typing the password again. It gives Alex one place to enforce MFA and disable leavers, but it concentrates risk in the IdP.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

IdP (identity provider)federationSAML (Security Assertion Markup Language)OIDC (OpenID Connect)