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  • May 10, 2025
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🛡️ Sherlocked Security – Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementations

Streamline Authentication, Strengthen Security, and Enhance User Experience

📄 1. Statement of Work (SOW)

Service Name: Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementations
Client Type: SaaS, Enterprises, FinTech, Education, Healthcare, Government
Service Model: Assessment + Design + Implementation Support
Compliance Coverage: ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST 800-53
SSO Models Supported:

  • SAML 2.0
  • OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect (OIDC)
  • Azure AD / Google Workspace Integration
  • Custom IDP Integrations
  • Social Login Enablement

🧠 2. Our Approach (with Visual)

🔹 Standards-Compliant Integration
🔹 User-Centric and Scalable Architecture
🔹 Minimal Disruption Deployment
🔹 Security-First Configuration

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[Discovery & Requirements] → [IDP Selection/Validation] → [App Inventory & Mapping] → [SSO Architecture Design] → [Integration & Testing] → [User Rollout Strategy] → [Monitoring & Optimization]

Color Code:

  • Discovery: #064d52
  • Integration Phase: #8b0505
  • Closure: #0f5c5a

🧪 3. Methodology (with Visual)

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[Project Kickoff] → [Identity Stack Assessment] → [SSO Protocol Selection] → [Application Compatibility Mapping] → [SSO Flow Configuration] → [Testing & QA] → [Staged Rollout] → [Post-Go-Live Support]

Visual Color Flow:

  • 🔹 Blue (Planning: #064d52)
  • 🔸 Red (Integration: #8b0505)
  • ✅ Green (Closure: #0f5c5a)

📦 4. Deliverables to the Client

  1. 🧾 SSO Design Document
  2. 🗺️ Identity Provider (IdP) Integration Plan
  3. 🔐 App-to-IdP Mapping Spreadsheet
  4. 📘 Protocol Configuration Guide (SAML/OAuth/OIDC)
  5. 🧪 Staging/Test Environment Configs
  6. 📊 SSO Flow Diagrams (AuthN + Token)
  7. 📽️ Go-Live Playbook & Walkthrough
  8. 🧑‍💻 Post-Go-Live Support (Optional)

🤝 5. What We Need from You (Client Requirements)

  • ✅ List of applications for SSO enablement
  • ✅ Existing authentication architecture
  • ✅ IdP access (or plan to provision)
  • ✅ Internal branding/UX requirements (if any)
  • ✅ Details of MFA, SCIM, or JML expectations
  • ✅ DevOps/Infra team contact for implementation

🧰 6. Tools & Technology Stack

  • 🔐 Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, Keycloak
  • 🛠️ Auth0 / ForgeRock / Ping Identity
  • 🔁 SAML / OAuth / OIDC libraries & toolkits
  • 📊 SSO testing tools (SAML Tracer, Postman, jwt.io)
  • 📘 Documentation tools: Swagger / Confluence
  • ✅ SCIM 2.0 for identity provisioning

🚀 7. Engagement Lifecycle (Lead → Closure)

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1. Initial Consultation 2. SSO Requirements Capture 3. Proposal + NDA + SoW 4. IDP Integration & Architecture 5. Application Integration Phase 6. QA & Rollout Plan 7. Go-Live & Monitoring Setup 8. Final Handover + Optional Retainer

🌟 8. Why Sherlocked Security? (Our USP)

Feature Sherlocked Advantage
🔐 Deep SSO Expertise Across SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, MFA
🔁 End-to-End Support Design → Integration → Testing → Go-Live
🧠 Enterprise Ready Scalable for 100s of internal and SaaS apps
📘 Developer Docs Integration guides & flow diagrams provided
🛠️ Tool-Agnostic We work with Okta, Azure, Auth0, Ping & more

📚 9. Real-World Case Studies

🏢 EdTech SaaS – Google SSO Integration

Client: Learning Management Platform
Challenge: Needed to onboard university users via Google SSO
Solution:

  • OIDC setup with Google Workspace

  • Dynamic user provisioning using SCIM

  • MFA fallback for internal admins
    Outcome:

  • Reduced login issues by 90%

  • 50K+ users onboarded via Google SSO

💼 Enterprise SAML Rollout – 100+ Apps

Client: US-based financial services provider
Issue: Fragmented authentication systems across departments
Our Role:

  • Consolidated 100+ apps under SAML SSO via Okta

  • Developed internal SSO onboarding playbook
    Result:

  • Centralized identity lifecycle

  • Improved compliance reporting (SOC 2, ISO)

🛡️ 10. SOP – Standard Operating Procedure

  1. Kickoff Call & Scope Confirmation
  2. Collect IdP credentials & metadata
  3. Inventory of all target applications
  4. Configure IdP and SP trust relationships
  5. Perform integration and test token exchange
  6. Create custom claims and mapping
  7. User role mapping and MFA checks
  8. Perform phased rollout by user group
  9. Monitor and tune performance
  10. Final documentation and handover

📋 11. Sample SSO Security Checklist (Preview)

  1. Choose SSO architecture (SAML, OIDC, etc.).
  2. Inventory and prioritize applications for integration.
  3. Configure identity provider (IdP) and service providers (SPs).
  4. Implement secure token and session handling.
  5. Enable logging and audit trails for access events.
  6. Enforce strong authentication policies pre-SSO.
  7. Provide fallback options for authentication failures.
  8. Validate with test cases for each app integration.
  9. Educate users on SSO benefits and access procedures.
  10. Regularly review integrations for deprecated protocols or gaps.
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