SSO

Cross-Domain Federation & Trust Architectures: Beyond Simple SSO TL;DR Simple SSO? That’s easy. Deploy Okta or Azure AD, federate your apps, users log in once, everyone’s happy. You’re done in three months and it mostly works. Real federation? That’s where things get interesting. And by “interesting,” I mean “this will take 18 months and cost way more than you budgeted.” Here’s the reality: 67% of enterprises have multiple identity domains that need federation (Gartner 2024)....

TL;DR You don’t need a twelve-month program to stop the most common identity breaches. In 30 days, you can close the biggest gaps: Purge orphaned accounts Process leavers the same day Rotate & vault NHI (non-human identity) passwords/keys Enforce MFA everywhere; phishing-resistant for admins Disable legacy/basic auth + app passwords Kill standing admin; adopt least privilege + JIT elevation Put critical apps behind SSO; disable local logins Run a high-risk access review sprint Establish a Conditional Access baseline (device/risk/location) Turn on identity logging & alerts; harden break-glass Below is a day-by-day plan with owners, acceptance criteria, checkpoints, and metrics....

TL;DR Single Sign-On (SSO) allows users to access multiple applications with just one login. It’s a cornerstone of modern IAM strategy—enhancing user experience, reducing password fatigue, and boosting productivity. But SSO done wrong can centralize risk. In this post, we cover: How SSO works (and where it fits) Benefits for security, UX, and operations SAML, OIDC, and modern federation protocols Common pitfalls and how to avoid them 🔍 Background Back in the early 2010s, most companies I worked with had users juggling 5–10 logins daily....