Password management

Password management

There are several forms of software used to help users or organizations better manage passwords:

* Personal software, installed and used by individual users:
** Password manager software is used by individuals to organize and encrypt many personal passwords. This is also referred to as a password wallet.

* Enterprise software, deployed by larger organizations to help users manage their passwords:
** Password synchronization software is used by organizations to arrange for different passwords, on different systems, to have the same value when they belong to the same person.
** Self-service password reset software enables users who forgot their password or triggered an intruder lockout to authenticate using another mechanism and resolve their own problem, without calling an IT help desk.
** Enterprise Single signon software monitors applications launched by a user and automatically populates login IDs and passwords.
** Web single signon software intercepts user access to web applications and either inserts authentication information into the HTTP(S) stream or redirects the user to a separate page, where the user is authenticated and directed back to the original URL.

* Enterprise software, deployed by larger organizations to manage passwords that do not belong to end-users:
** Privileged password management software


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