{"id":4645,"date":"2021-04-09T06:08:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T06:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arconnet.com\/?p=4645"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:46:26","slug":"mitigate-the-risk-of-excessive-or-shared-privileged-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcon.xyz\/staging01\/mitigate-the-risk-of-excessive-or-shared-privileged-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitigate the Risk of Excessive or Shared Privileged Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the wake of expanding IT infrastructure, today\u2019s organizations require their employees to access multiple applications to perform day-to-day IT administrative and operational activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That means, the end-users require multiple credentials to access the multiple applications. Simple? Not at all. It\u2019s a nightmare both from IT administrators and end-users\u2019 point of view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The IT helpdesk administrators don\u2019t want to spend too much time on creating credentials, nor they want to do provisioning for too many privileged users, hence credentials. It\u2019s a huge risk. Creating too many privilege entitlements is against the best practices in privilege account management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, the end-users will find it difficult to remember multiple login passwords. Different IT tasks on various applications are done at different hours of the day. So every time the end-user has to log on, she will have to waste time on the validation process while accessing a new application.<\/span><\/p>\n

To eliminate the security challenge posed by using multiple access credentials for multiple end-users, and IT administrative ineffectiveness, enterprises find merit in assigning Single-sign-on (SSO) to end-users. The technology offers one-time secure administrative access to multiple technology platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More on Single-Sign-On (SSO)<\/b><\/h3>\n

Single-Sign-On (SSO) is nothing but a validation permit that is given to an end-user to use a single login credential for multiple applications. As per the roles and responsibilities of the end-users, the IT administrators can assign SSO to the end-users. It ensures that they have a limited-period one-time access to applications that are required by the end-users to perform specific tasks. Once the task is completed, the access rights get expired automatically. It secures the IT assets of any organization from any unauthorized and unnecessary access to the elevated accounts without the need of sharing the privileged credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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See how ARCON | Single-Sign-On works<\/h3>\n