Cloud SSO Manager Automating Metadata Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current single sign-on (SSO) configurations across multiple systems require manual, insecure, and time-consuming processes for metadata exchange, such as email communications, which are prone to errors and inefficiencies, especially when dealing with certificate expirations.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based SSO configuration manager automates metadata access and sharing, enabling secure, real-time metadata exchange and monitoring across disparate systems, eliminating the need for manual point-to-point agreements and reducing errors by providing a centralized solution for configuring and monitoring SSO across various organizations and companies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual email communication is used to exchange metadata between system administrators, then security is compromised and errors increase, but automation and efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized SSO configuration manager as an intermediary system that automatically exchanges metadata between disparate systems. This mediator eliminates the need for manual email communication by providing a structured, automated interface for metadata transfer, thereby improving reliability while maintaining the ability to exchange information between systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service automation where the SSO configuration manager automatically retrieves, validates, and exchanges metadata without requiring manual intervention from system administrators. The system performs self-configuration and self-monitoring, reducing human error while maintaining full automation capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual point-to-point agreements are used for SSO configuration, then system complexity increases, but automation and consistency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal SSO configuration manager that can handle multiple disparate systems through a single centralized interface. This universal system performs multiple functions including metadata exchange, certificate management, and authorization coordination, thereby reducing the need for separate point-to-point configurations while maintaining adaptability to different systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the complex SSO configuration task into manageable components: metadata extraction, validation, storage, and exchange. By dividing the configuration process into discrete, automated steps handled by the centralized manager, the system reduces overall complexity while maintaining the ability to configure multiple systems.
3Reliability
If centralized monitoring is implemented for certificate expirations, then system reliability improves, but implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the SSO configuration manager continuously monitors certificate expiration dates and automatically notifies relevant system administrators. The system provides real-time feedback on certificate status, enabling proactive renewal before expiration occurs, thereby improving reliability through automated monitoring and alerting.
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AI summary
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) capabilities. A computer-implemented method includes operations for identifying a first system for single sign-on capabilities, identifying a second system disparate from the first system for providing a single sign-on capability with the first system through a cloud-based SSO configuration manager, automatically accessing metadata associated with the sign-on information of the second system, the set of metadata identifying sign-on-related information for sharing at least one credential/certificate for logging in to the second system, using the metadata to obtain an authorization for a single sign-on between the first and second systems, receiving a request from the first system for authorization at the second system, and, in response to the request, providing the authorization and creating a cloud-based SSO system that includes the first and second systems.