Google has announced that its Cloud and Workspace accounts will now support single sign-on (SSO) from third-party identity providers in a welcome security boost.
The company says it hopes the move will allow customers “to more easily access Google services using their existing identity systems.”
Google has supported SSO through the widely available SAML protocol for more than a decade, but allowing multiple identity providers based on SAML 2.0 should increase the tech giant’s appeal to IT administrators around the world.
Single sign-on to Google Cloud
OF the company Cloud blog (opens in new tab), Google Workspace identity product manager Matthew Soldo explained how companies will often have multiple identity providers, which could be due to mergers, acquisitions or simply different IT strategies. Soldo hopes that adding support for multiple identity providers will allow companies and employees to access Google Cloud without the time-consuming migrations that often lead to complex transitions and issues.
Google Cloud administrators can activate up to 100 profiles from the admin console. Setup involves entering some basic data, such as a login URL and an X.509 certificate for authentication.
Future plans for the company’s single sign-on operations include adding OIDC support, another protocol that can be used alongside SAML-based identity providers. This is expected to arrive later in 2022=
In an effort to make its cloud services as attractive as possible to business customers, Google is pushing a number of security updates, including warnings about potentially dangerous changes made to Google accounts.
Despite rumors of new apps that may be on their way to Workspace accounts, Google has also been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons after threatening to renege on its promise to early adopters of G Suite.
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