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SSO Presentation Presentation Practice Session

May 14, 2010Prepared by: Rob Fitzgibbon

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What is SSO?

• The Ship’s Security Officer?• Standards Setting Organization?• Sulfolobus Solfataricus?• Society of Surgical Oncology?• Syracuse Symphony Orchestra?

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Guess!(charades session)

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I know as much about SSO as I do about

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But here goesWant to sound like

May end up sounding like

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SSO, Defined (geekspeak)

Lots of really important boxes and ovals with acronyms

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SSO, Defined (again)

You

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Email program

Benefits/HR info

Corporate intranet

Client Extranet

Your one SSO

passcode

The firewall & SSO authentication

system

Enterprise Applications

Your computer

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SSO, Defined (and again)the key metaphor

Old School SSO Equivalent

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SSO, Defined (yet again)the backstage pass metaphor

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SSO, Defined (one last time):the utensil metaphor

~

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So Why learn about SSO?

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Will it help you get the girl?

No.

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Will it make you seem brilliant at the cocktail party?

Nope.

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Will it turn this client

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Into this client?

Maybe.

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But it might help you appreciate the complexity of the client’s infrastructure

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Why am I talking about SSO?

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The SSO Upside

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The SSO Downside

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Key SSO Features

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With SSO, there’s lots important terminology to remember!

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Authentication

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Directory

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Encryption Key

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Identity Management

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Protocol

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Session

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Strategy

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Workflow

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Feign Knowledge with Important Sounding Acronyms

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• AAA = Authentication, Authorization & Accounting• AD = Active Directory• CAS = Central Authentication Service• EISA = Enterprise Information Security Architecture• ESSO = Enterprise Single Sign On• HTTPS = HyperText Transfer Protocol, Secure• IDM = Identity Management• LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol• OTP = One Time Password• PII = Personal Identifying Information• RADIUS = Remote Authentication Dial In User Service• SAML = Security Assertion Markup Language• SSL = Secure Socket Layer• SSOSrv = Microsoft Single-Sign On Service• TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol• VPN = Virtual Private Network

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In case of emergency, switch subject

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SSO really challenges interface designers to develop perhaps the most complex customer facing interactions of their entire career:

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Login

Password

Go

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LoginPassword

Go

Behind that interface lies an array of network systems…

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LoginPassword

Go

(Savage, merciless network systems)

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What types of clients use SSO?

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Who provides SSO Solutions?

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Further Reading

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Thank You!