{"id":56346,"date":"2021-11-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=56346"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:03:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:03:47","slug":"jumpcloud-official-idp-aws-sso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/jumpcloud-official-idp-aws-sso","title":{"rendered":"JumpCloud is an Official IdP for AWS SSO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In any organization, users across most departments access critical applications every day, so it\u2019s essential that the user authentication and sign-in processes are secure, efficient, and user-friendly. To further streamline the identity and access management (IAM) processes for organizations using both JumpCloud and AWS, JumpCloud is now officially a supported Amazon Web Services (AWS) Single Sign-On (SSO) partner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What this means: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
AWS is selective with the identity providers (IdPs) they choose to partner with, and now JumpCloud is one of six official options. To use the JumpCloud and AWS SSO integration, you don\u2019t need to be enterprise-size \u2014 small and medium-sized enterprises can also reap significant benefits from this partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The primary benefits of the JumpCloud and AWS SSO official integration are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To deliver these benefits, this partnership grants JumpCloud organizations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JumpCloud\u2019s use of the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)<\/a> protocol automates the process of provisioning users and groups into AWS SSO. Further, the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)<\/a> protocol is used to authenticate JumpCloud users and provide seamless access to their AWS accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n