In the interconnected world of applications, seamless coordination of identity and access is crucial. Many enterprise applications, primarily SaaS and intranet web apps, use single sign-on (SSO) to validate user identities through an enterprise’s chosen identity provider (IdP).

This communication is done via SAML 2.0, an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML 2.0 is the core protocol behind the SSO feature implemented by many SaaS vendors.

Even though organizations use SSO daily for SaaS apps, SaaS vendors usually don’t offer many IdP options, leaving enterprises with limited choice. On top of that, these enterprises’ internal applications and access to their network resources often still rely on legacy approaches, including VPN and active directory credentials.

Citrix has always provided native integration to IdPs. With SAML, the integration opportunities are open for all IdP vendors that support enterprises. On top of that, Citrix Workspace customers can leverage a wide range of advanced authentication uses cases to secure access to their Workspace deployments. Some of the state-of-the-art technologies that can be applied include risk-based multi-factor authentication, passwordless authentication, contextual policies, biometrics, and many more.

Today Citrix is announcing a public preview and support for SAML 2.0 open standard for integrating with any IdP of your choice, as well as partnerships with and supportability for many IdP vendors.

Through the Citrix Ready Workspace Security Program, we worked with several industry leading SAML 2.0 identity providers to receive feedback and validate this new Citrix Workspace identity feature during a private preview. We are pleased to announce that the Citrix Ready partners below have completed validation and that we have many more in pipeline.

Click here to learn more about SAML 2.0 and here to learn how to connect SAML as an identity provider to Citrix Cloud. Visit our Citrix Ready Workspace Security Program resource page to get started today with your IdP of choice.