Bitwarden continues to improve its password manager features. Its password manager is a zero knowledge end-to-end encrypted solution, meaning only the user can access their vault items and other data.
And now Bitwarden is adding SSO (Single Sign-On) for trusted devices to make unlocking your vault even easier.
What is SSO?
SSO is an authentication method that allows users to log in with a single credential to multiple related (but independent) software systems. True SSO allows you to log in once and access all related services without having to re-enter your credentials.
According to the official Bitwarden blog announcement, “When logging in, there is both an authentication process and a decryption process. These are processed simultaneously, but separately, when a user logs in. When It is configured with an Identity Provider service (IdP), it authenticates the user through SSO. Then the data is decrypted separately with the account encryption key and made available to the user”.
What is SSO with trusted devices?
SSO with trusted devices allows you to authenticate, using SSO, to decrypt your vault using an encryption key stored on a device. This is because you can store the encryption key on your smartphone, allowing you to unlock the web or desktop version of Bitwarden using your smartphone.
So instead of having to type in a master password (which someone could see or intercept), you unlock your smartphone and tap the authentication prompt, which unlocks your safe (wherever you want it). consult).
Now, with passwordless SSO, users can work with trusted devices, even on a Bitwarden corporate account, making it faster and more secure.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you’ll be limited to SSO with trusted devices, as Bitwarden will still allow logging in with a master password or biometric data. But for businesses, SSO with trusted devices is a much more efficient, secure, and scalable method of unlocking vaults.
The new SSO option only works with enterprise users (for Bitwarden Password Manager and Bitwarden Secrets Manager) and administrators must enable the SSO sign-in feature. Once this feature is enabled, users can enable SSO with trusted devices from within the app. Of course, if you’ve never used SSO, you’ll want to visit the Bitwarden Help Center to learn how.
Bitwarden also plans to roll out support for SSO with trusted devices for Firefox soon.
Source: “ZDNet.com”