Simplify your sign on experience
Quickly accessing your apps at work shouldn’t feel like a chore for employees. 90% of respondents to business solution firm Freshworks’ survey about tech at work said that they are often frustrated with their experience using computers and software. This leads to employee burnout and brings down the business’ productivity.
With JumpCloud, you can use one set of credentials to access your PC, Microsoft 365 (your Outlook, Word and Excel) and other services such as Adobe.
Is JumpCloud safe?
JumpCloud is completely safe, relying on a ‘Zero Trust’ security model. This model is one of the safest for account security.
On the other hand, any castle is only as strong as its guards. Maintaining a strong JumpCloud password, and ideally changing it regularly, will help your network and systems stay safe – however this is something we always recommend. For any services that JumpCloud doesn’t let you access, you can always try out our top-range password manager, Bitwarden.
What is JumpCloud?
JumpCloud Directory-as-a-Service is a cloud alternative to Active Directory that is securely enabling organizations to be more productive. JumpCloud connects with virtually all IT resources regardless of platform, protocol, provider, and location. This open nature means sysadmins can centrally manage user access to every digital tool used in their environment while providing end users with one set of credentials.
Another key element of the JumpCloud platform is that it’s completely cloud-based, so IT organizations can truly eliminate their on-prem identity management hardware.
What is the business case for JumpCloud?
The business case for Directory-as-a-Service is that it helps organizations automate IT tasks, create a frictionless workflow for their end users, enable the organization to use the best tools available, strengthen security, and of course, save money. JumpCloud’s impact on each of these aspects is explored in greater detail below.
Streamlined IT
When an entire IT environment can be managed from a single pane of glass, IT organizations experience a revolutionary transformation in efficiency, control, and focus. Take the task of onboarding/offboarding, for instance. IT admins can let go of their one-off processes to enjoy an automated workflow
Optimized User Productivity
As stated previously, a centralized identity provider enables IT organizations to provide their end users with one set of credentials to access their systems, apps, file storage, and networks. Educational technology company, Doublestruck, found that this has reduced the number of password resets in their environment, improving productivity for users and IT admins.
This is in large part due to JumpCloud’s self-service password management. It makes it very easy for users to reset passwords themselves; and since users only have to keep track of one password, they are less likely to forget it.
