{"id":325,"date":"2016-03-11T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T01:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/?p=325"},"modified":"2016-03-11T20:31:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T01:31:19","slug":"employee-handbook-access-should-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blissbook.com\/blog\/employee-handbook-access-should-be-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Handbook Access Should Be Easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a long one, so let’s get right to it.<\/p>\n

Signing in to Blissbook has been a pain in the butt for our non-SSO (Single Sign-On) users for a long time.\u00a0It’s been a pain because Blissbook is password-based and… get ready… we never ask users to create a password. Users get a link in their invitation email that signs them in to their Blissbook automatically. However, if they ever sign out or use a different browser, they can’t access their Blissbook without a password. The workaround is to tell Blissbook you forgot your password and the system emails you a link to set up a new one.<\/p>\n

We want to make it easy to access Blissbook. If your company’s policies are hard to access, they aren’t protecting your company. That’s bad!<\/p>\n

There are 3 basic options for a computer system to confirm a user’s identity:<\/p>\n

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  1. The user and computer system know the same secret, such as a password, PIN, etc. Ideally, this secret is impossible for others to guess.<\/li>\n
  2. The user has a physical object in their possession that verifies their identity to the system, such as a key, a bank card, a phone\/computer\/key fob with a secret token, etc.<\/li>\n
  3. The system knows a physical characteristic of the user, such as a fingerprint, eye iris, voice, etc. This is known as biometrics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Blissbook has traditionally used option #1. We’re switching to #2.<\/span><\/p>\n

    \"sign-in\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    When a user tries to sign in to Blissbook, they’ll enter their email address. If that email address is in Blissbook, we’ll know who they are and what organization they belong to.<\/p>\n

    \"sign-in-email-sent\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    They’ll then get an email with a special link that they’ll click to sign in to Blissbook. Users will remain signed in for 60 days unless they explicitly sign out or switch web browsers.<\/p>\n

    This means your employees never have to create or remember a password to access their employee handbook<\/strong>. They just need access to their email account!<\/p>\n