Overview
Getting Started#
Single sign-on (SSO) allows you to secure efficient access control of your Cvent applications. By acting as a central identity authenticator, SSO lets you send your users directly to Cvent without forcing them to log in each time.
Cvent supports OIDC or SAML methods for authentication/authorization.
Which Method Should I Use?#
Each product supports different SSO methods. Check the related pages for the product you'd like to work with.
Concepts#
OIDC#
OAuth 2.0 is a secure protocol that grants authorization between two applications. Cvent uses OAuth 2.0 to securely authenticate and establish connections with our various integrations.
OpenID Connect (OIDC) is an OAuth 2.0 protocol that allows third-party applications (like Cvent) to access a user's resources without requiring them to share their login credentials. This makes it easier for users to sign into multiple applications without remembering many usernames and passwords.
Key Terms
OAuth 2.0 (OAuth): An authorization framework that allows users to be granted access to an application.
OpenID Connect (OIDC): An authentication layer built on OAuth 2.0. OIDC uses JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for exchanging authentication and identity data between security domains.
Identity Provider (IdP): An identity provider (IdP), sometimes called an identity service provider or identity assertion provider, is an online service that authenticates users by means of security tokens, one of which is SAML 2.0. It is the producer of assertions.
Service Provider (SP): A service provider (SP) is the software that provide access control and communicates with the identity provider (IdP) for identity information. It is the consumer of assertions. In this case, the service provider is Cvent.
SAML#
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based protocol that is used to exchange authentication and authorization data between parties, specifically between an identity provider (you) and a service provider (Cvent). SAML is widely used in enterprise environments.
Key Terms
Identity Provider (IdP): An identity provider (IdP), sometimes called an identity service provider or identity assertion provider, is an online service that authenticates users by means of security tokens, one of which is SAML 2.0. It is the producer of assertions.
Service Provider (SP): A service provider (SP) is the software that provides access control and communicates with the identity provider (IdP) for identity information. It is the consumer of assertions. In this case, the service provider is Cvent.
Federated ID: An identifier the client provides to ensure that IDs are consistent.