DigitalOcean Introduces Single Sign-On for Businesses to Streamline User Access Centralization

DigitalOcean, a leading cloud platform for digital-native businesses, has announced the introduction of Single Sign-On (SSO). This new feature aims to simplify the management of user logins, allowing teams to focus on building their projects, while ensuring secure and reliable authentication.

With DigitalOcean SSO, your existing Identity Provider (IdP) can be connected to DigitalOcean, starting with Okta and expanding to other leading IdPs in the future. This integration allows organizations to connect and enforce security policies through their existing IdP, providing centralized access control.

DigitalOcean SSO offers enterprise-grade capabilities like Single Sign-on and automated user management in every plan, unlike other cloud providers that may gate these features behind premium tiers. This means that growing, cloud-native teams can enjoy secure, frictionless access without added complexity or cost.

The SSO feature also includes automation for user provisioning. Upon first login, new user accounts are created and assigned roles within DigitalOcean based on IdP group membership. Additionally, automated offboarding supports real-time deprovisioning of user access from DigitalOcean when removed from the IdP.

Role-based access is another feature of DigitalOcean's SSO, aligning identity provider groups with DigitalOcean roles to simplify and automate permissions management. Administrators can choose between enforcing SSO-only authentication or permitting a mix of SSO and traditional logins.

Bratin Saha, Chief Product and Technology Officer at DigitalOcean, stated that the addition of Single Sign-On underscores DigitalOcean's commitment to delivering enterprise-grade security without enterprise complexity or cost. By integrating secure authentication and frictionless onboarding into the platform, DigitalOcean helps growing teams spend less time managing access and more time innovating and scaling.

DigitalOcean SSO is built on the industry-standard OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocol, ensuring secure and reliable authentication. The SSO service centralizes user access and simplifies user onboarding and offboarding, making it easier for teams to manage their digital operations.

Currently, DigitalOcean supports SSO integration with Okta, but there is no publicly available information about which additional Identity Providers DigitalOcean plans to support for future SSO integrations. However, DigitalOcean has expressed its intention to expand SSO to include other leading Identity Providers in the future.

In conclusion, DigitalOcean's Single Sign-On is a significant step towards providing a more secure and streamlined user experience for digital-native businesses. By simplifying the management of user logins and automating user provisioning and offboarding, DigitalOcean is helping teams focus on what matters most: building and scaling their projects.