Method and system for providing user access to a secure application

Abstract

Providing remote user access to secure financial applications includes deployment of SSO software to client workstations by receiving a password for collaborating access to a secure server, navigating to the secure server using a web browser on a remote workstation, providing user authorization details and the received password to the secure server, generating a subsequent password at the secure server upon validation of the user authorization details and received password, and downloading an SSO deployment file to the remote workstation. The deployment file includes a subsequent password. The SSO deployment file is executed to install an SSO client application on the remote workstation. Workstation settings and user credentials are read from a secure file or data store. The SSO client application is run on the workstation to employ the user credentials and subsequent password to logon to the secure application.

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         23 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing software modules that provide remote user access to a secure application, the software modules comprising executable code that is executable to:
 receive a password for collaborating access to a secure server;   receive a subsequent password from the secure server upon validation of user authorization details and the received password;   execute an SSO deployment file that includes the subsequent password to install an SSO client application; and   run the SSO client application to logon to the secure application with user credentials.   
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein the SSO client application facilitates reduced or single sign on type remote access to a plurality of secure applications. 
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein user credentials may take the form of identifiers, passwords, pass phrases, certificates, encryption, signing and authentication key pairs or keys, and Kerberos tickets. 
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein the user credentials are secured in a local file by user authorization details. 
     
     
         27 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein installing the SSO client application is undertaken dynamically to deliver client application functionality based on at least one of: client location and user credentials. 
     
     
         28 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein the user credentials are consolidated, encrypted and stored in a secure file or data store. 
     
     
         29 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein the user authorization details are encrypted and stored on a web server. 
     
     
         30 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 23  wherein the SSO client application is adapted to intercept and respond to authentication requests issued by the secure application, including requests issued by at least one of: mainframe applications, web sites, Java applications, Unix applications and Windows applications. 
     
     
         31 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to  claim 23  wherein the password is received from an external source.