ALSO CALLED: Single Signon, Enterprise Single Sign-on, Single Sign On, and Single Sign-on DEFINITION: Single sign-on (SSO)is a session/user authenticationprocess that permits a user to enter one name and password in order to accessmultiple applications. The process authenticates the user for all theapplications they have been given rights to and eliminatesfurther prompts when
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SSO DEFINITION (continued): Single sign-on (SSO)is a session/user authenticationprocess that permits a user to enter one name and password in order to accessmultiple applications. The process authenticates the user for all theapplications they have been given rights to and eliminatesfurther prompts when they switch applications duringa particular session. SSO definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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