© Osama Mustafa, Robert P. Lockard 2019
O. Mustafa, R. P. LockardOracle Database Application Securityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5367-0_7

7. Single Sign-On

Osama Mustafa1  and Robert P. Lockard2
(1)
Amman, Jordan
(2)
Baltimore, MD, USA
 

Usernames and passwords are the main targets of any attack, Every time a user logs into a system, the user will access the operating system with a username and password. If they access another application, they will probably use a different username and password. This will increase the possibility of forgetting how to authenticate or even writing down the passwords, which can cause password leak.

Single sign-on (SSO) reduces the number of attacks because users log in only once each day and can use one username and ...

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