Defination

If you are one of those admin who faces any of the issues listed below, then SSO is for you.

• Users access multiple systems, including SAP and non-SAP Systems. Some systems reside in a dedicated network zone in the intranet but many systems reside on different networks or on the Internet.
• Users need to have different IDs and passwords to access these systems.
• Each of these systems also maintains its own password policy. For example, in the SAP HR system, the user has to change his or her password every 30 days. In the next system, the user has to change the password every 90 days. In another system, the user does not need to regularly change his or her password at all.

What does this lead to? Users forget their passwords. The administrator is constantly resetting passwords. Keep in mind that this makes social engineering much easier.

Solution is Single Sing On. SSO users access multiple systems based on single authentication.