Previous post explained why SSO is the way to go for authentication at NYU. This document explains best practices for developers and application owners. For custom applications developers can use any SAML2 or OAuth2 library, however IAM team does have some recommendations for ease of use. NYU IT supports following Identity Providers (IdPs): Shibboleth […]
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) also known as two factor, or second factor authentication is provided as additional level of security to meet NYU policies. To better understand authentication individuals can think of passwords as something they know and MFA is something they have with them. NYU IT has contracted with vendor to provide following methods to […]
Single Sign On (SSO) is a session and user authentication service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials (e.g., name and password) to access multiple applications. The service authenticates the end user for all the applications the user has been given rights to and eliminates further prompts when the user switches applications during the same session.