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DEFINITION - Single sign-on (SSO)is a session/user authentication process that permits a user to enter one name and password in order to access multiple applications. The process authenticates the user for all the applications they have been given rights to and eliminates further prompts when they switch applications during a particular session.

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LAST UPDATED: 06 Mar 2008

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- The Open Group offers an introduction to single sign-on
- You can sign up for a single signon Passport at Microsoft.
- SearchSecurity.com expert Stephen Mencik explains how single sign-on works.
- Wikipedia describes different types of single sign-on.





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