# SSO

Concept · [Cloud, hosting and security](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud)

Also called: single sign-on, single sign on, sign in with Google, company login, enterprise login

Single sign-on. One account and one [login](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication) that give a person access to many applications.

**For example:** An [employee](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/contractor-vs-employee) signs in once with a work account in the morning and opens email, chat and the [sales](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/revenue) tool without typing another [password](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication).

## Connects to (7)

- [Authentication](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/authentication): Checking that a person is who they say they are, usually with a login.
- [Multi-factor authentication](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/mfa): A sign-in that asks for more than one kind of proof, drawn from something a person knows, something a person has and something a person is.
- [Per-seat pricing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/per-seat-pricing): A way to charge for software where the customer pays for each person who uses it.
- [SOC 2](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/soc-2): An examination of how a service company protects customer data.
- [Role-based access control](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/role-based-access-control): A way of managing access where permissions are given to roles, such as admin, editor or viewer, and each person is assigned a role.
- [Google Workspace](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google-workspace): Google's paid set of work apps for a company: Gmail on the company's own domain, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Meet, with admin…
- [Sign in with ChatGPT](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sign-in-with-chatgpt): A way for other apps and websites to let people log in with their ChatGPT account.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sso