--- title: Making the world more secure, instantly description: Nobody likes to remember lots of different passwords. This is why most enterprises have implemented single sign-on (SSO) solutions. You just sign in one time and can use all the company’s web resources and applications. The problem comes when employees use easy passwords or share their passwords, either knowingly or unknowingly. The solut […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/making-the-world-more-secure-instantly?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 20 December 2013 # Making the world more secure, instantly [2FA](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/2fa) [Instant 2FA](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/instant-2fa) [Instant SSO](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/instant-sso) [Juju](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/juju) [Labs](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/labs) [SSO](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/sso) --- Share the article Nobody likes to remember lots of different passwords. This is why most enterprises have implemented single sign-on (SSO) solutions. You just sign in one time and can use all the company’s web resources and applications. The problem comes when employees use easy passwords or share their passwords, either knowingly or unknowingly. The solution is [two-factor authentication](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication) (2FA). Unfortunately implementing SSO and 2FA is tedious because each individual service does authentication differently. What if an expert could define how you integrate SSO and 2FA one time and the rest of us mortals could instantly copy their solution? This is exactly the idea behind the latest Juju Lab: [Instant SSO and 2FA](https://juju.ubuntu.com/community/lab/instant-sso-and-2fa/). We are looking for experts in SSO and 2FA to show the world how it is done. If successful then this Juju Lab will be a before and after for enterprise security projects, going from months to minutes… [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Deploy your Spring Boot application to production](https://canonical.com/blog/deploy-spring-application-to-production) In this article we walk through the steps required to deploy a Spring Boot application to production using Juju and Kubernetes. The goal is to showcase the integration of the... [Javier de la Puente](https://canonical.com/blog/author/javierdelapuente) 13 January 2026 [### Cut data center energy costs with bare metal automation](https://canonical.com/blog/cut-data-center-energy-costs-with-bare-metal-automation) Data centers don’t have to be power-hungry monsters. With smart automation using tools like MAAS, you can reduce energy waste and operational costs, and make your... [David Beamonte](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dbeamonte) 26 June 2025 [### The hitchhiker’s guide to infrastructure modernization](https://canonical.com/blog/hitchhikers-guide-to-infrastructure-modernization) One of my favourite authors, Douglas Adams, once said that “we are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” Whilst Adams is right about a lot... [Isobel Kate Maxwell](https://canonical.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 24 April 2025 [### Effortless observability for Django applications](https://canonical.com/blog/effortless-observability-for-django-applications) Observability is critical for web operations to ensure that the application is working as expected and to identify any potential issues. However, setting up observability has... [jdkandersson](https://canonical.com/blog/author/jdkandersson) 13 March 2025