# Overview

### End-to-End Password Protection Across Your Data Environment

Simply by authenticating through your existing IdP, your employees gain access to all of the capabilities of the top-rated Keeper password management platform, including:

* Secure digital vault that can be accessed from any device, running any OS
* Automatic password generation & autofill on all devices
* Compatibility on any system, browser or app
* Zero-knowledge encryption of vault data

This service does not require any on-premises or customer cloud-hosted services and there are no Master Passwords.  Configuration is done directly between the IdP and Keeper's Admin Console.&#x20;

To preserve Zero Knowledge, an Elliptic Curve public/private key pair is generated for each device.  The private key on the device encrypts and decrypts the user's vault.  Signing into a new device requires a key exchange that is processed by our Keeper Push feature or approved by a designated Admin.  Automated admin approvals can be configured in several different ways.

### Setup Steps

**Important: SSO users and provisioning must exist in a dedicated node that you will create (not in the root node). Before completing these steps, create a new node as shown in the image below.**

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Keeper SSO Connect Cloud can be rolled out in 3 easy steps:

1. Create a SSO Connect Cloud instance on the Keeper Admin Console under Provisioning
2. Exchange metadata with your SAML identity provider
3. Set up automated provisioning and/or manually provision users to Keeper

### Device Approvals&#x20;

An Administrative Permission called "Approve Devices" allows an Administrator to perform device approvals.  Admin Approvals can also be automated.  See the [Device Approval](https://docs.keeper.io/sso-connect-cloud/device-approvals) section for details.

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### Benefits

From an administrator's perspective, the cost, risk & labor saving benefits of Keeper SSO Connect Cloud are significant:

* Easy setup, all in one place in Keeper’s existing Admin Console.
* No hosted software to integrate with the IdP
* No additional server costs
* No patching software
* Eliminates a potential single point of failure
* Available 24/7/365 on Keeper’s high availability systems<br>
