For business owners, cybercrime is a growing threat. According to the 2023 Internet Crime Report published by the Internet Crime Complaint Center, businesses reported losses exceeding $12.5 billion in 2023 alone(neues Fenster). One of the easiest ways for a business to prevent cybercrime is to ensure all its employees use secure logins for all their accounts.
For everyone using Proton Pass Professional, we’ve made single sign-on (SSO) available. Logging into business accounts requires just one identity verification and a few clicks for every employee.
Password management for businesses of all sizes
When we launched Proton Pass for Business, we tailored the existing product experience for teams. Admins can:
- Oversee users for their organization, adding and removing them as needed.
- Monitor the activity logs to get clear insights into who’s logging into which accounts from which location.
- Create team policies to uphold your business’s security standards and protect your data.
Businesses of all sizes have adopted Proton Pass for Business, benefitting from the integrated two-factor authentication (2FA) authenticator, streamlined sharing capabilities, and our always-on security program, Proton Sentinel. Cybercriminals are constantly developing new and elaborate tactics to gain access to businesses’ infrastructure and finance. Proton Pass for Business gives your team the tools to combat these attacks, no matter their level of technical expertise.
Integrating SSO into your Proton Pass account
SSO is an identity and access management (IAM) tool that allows you to access multiple websites and tools with just one set of login credentials. When you use SSO, it’s possible to verify your identity across all of your accounts with a single login.
You can find guides on how to set up SSO, how to set up SSO using Microsoft Entra, and how to set up SSO using Google in our support center.
Strengthen your security with a single password
Here are three of the key benefits your business can expect by using SSO:
Enhanced security
One of the primary benefits of SSO is improving the security of your sensitive business data. Employees don’t actually need to use passwords often, helping them avoid weak and reused passwords. Two-factor authentication (2FA), another fast and easy-to-use identity verification method, can also easily be integrated with SSO. By reducing your business’s reliance on multiple passwords, SSO also helps you avoid phishing attacks since it’s harder to be fooled into sharing your password if you don’t use it.
Creating a centralized authentication process for employees to verify their identities helps you reduce vulnerabilities while enforcing stronger authentication protocols. Admins can easily set policies enforcing 2FA and preventing data from being shared outside the business. Onboarding and offboarding are also improved, with sessions being revoked easily to prevent data breaches.
Improved user experience
Employees may have to remember tens or even hundreds of passwords across their work and personal tools. Remembering all of these passwords can create fatigue, which SSO reduces. Employees can access multiple applications with one set of credentials, reducing login friction and improving productivity.
The streamlined process of logging in with one set of credentials also saves time for your IT team. Support tickets for password resets reduce dramatically when employees don’t use many passwords every day. Streamlining the login process is better for every employee, no matter what department they’re in.
Better operational efficiency
Saving time and money is essential for any business: SSO offers savings in both. IT teams can use a single tool to manage access as needed instead of relying on multiple platforms. The simplified management process also reduces downtime and time spent resolving access and password-based issues, resulting in lower operational costs. Time spent ensuring compliance with regulatory infrastructure and data requirements is reduced thanks to centralized logging and easy access monitoring.
Enforce strong passwords with our password generator policy
When employees create new passwords for their business accounts, more access points are created for your network. If the passwords aren’t strong enough, this can create opportunities for hackers to gain entrance.
To help you enforce your business cybersecurity standards throughout your organization, you can now use our password generator rules to enforce chosen rules for all passwords saved in employee Proton Pass accounts. The rules include:
- Minimum and maximum character length
- Numbers
- Special characters
- Upper case
- Memorable passwords
Protect your business with Proton Pass
Proton Pass was created with the same privacy-first ethos as every other product in the Proton ecosystem. End-to-end, battle-tested encryption protects every account, and Proton Pass for Business offers an enterprise-grade password manager that’s protected by Swiss law.
We have a vision of the future where cybercriminals can’t wreak havoc on individuals or businesses, and data is private and protected. If you’re interested in using Proton Pass for Business, find out more.
