An international organization operates several SaaS applications hosted by different providers. The CIO wants employees to log in once at the start of the workday and then seamlessly access the expense portal, project tracker, and HR system without re-entering credentials. She also wants every provider to trust the corporate identity source. Which approach BEST satisfies this requirement?
Deploy separate local user databases in each SaaS application to keep credentials isolated.
Configure encrypted LDAP tunnels from each SaaS provider back to the on-prem directory but keep logins separate.
Require employees to maintain unique passwords for each system and store them in an enterprise password vault.
Implement federated identity management so the corporate IdP issues SAML or OIDC tokens accepted by all SaaS services.
Federated identity management establishes trust between the organization's identity provider and multiple service providers. After a single authentication, the IdP issues tokens (e.g., SAML or OIDC) that each SaaS application accepts, eliminating additional logins while centrally enforcing policy. The other options retain separate credential stores or multiple passwords, which defeats the goal of seamless, centrally managed access.
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