Security Implementation Guide

Salesforce Security Implementation Guide
Security Overview
User Authentication
Passwords
Single Sign-on Overview
My Domain
Identity Providers
Network-Based Security
Session Security
Custom Login Flows
Configure User Authentication
User Authorization
Data Sharing Tools
Monitoring Your Organization's Security
Platform Encryption
Security Tips for Apex and Visualforce Development
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Identity Providers

An identity provider is a trusted provider that lets you use single sign-on to access other websites. A service provider is a website that hosts applications. You can enable Salesforce as an identity provider and define one or more service providers. Your users can then access other applications directly from Salesforce using single sign-on. Single sign-on can be a great help to your users: instead of having to remember many passwords, they only have to remember one. Plus, the applications can be added as tabs to your Salesforce organization, which means users don’t have to switch between programs.

For more information, see “Identity Providers and Service Providers” in the Salesforce online help.