Abstract: A system and method for implementing a smart directory search. A method is disclosed that includes inputting into a sort engine a set user names from a search and organization details of a searching user that includes an organization to which the user belongs; obtaining a policy from a policy store based on the organization and platform, wherein the policy specifies a sort criteria; and applying the sort criteria to the set of user names to generate a sorted list of user names, wherein the sort criteria includes calculating an organizational distance between the user and each of the set of user names.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a single sign-on for authenticating a user via multiple client devices in a distributed resource environment are provided. For example, the system includes a processor that receives a first connection request to a remote resource from an untrusted client device. The processor processes the first connection request to identify an enrolled client device that is configured to authenticate a user of the untrusted client device. The processor further verifies whether a user of the enrolled client device is the user of the untrusted client device and determine if the user of the untrusted client device is authorized to access the remote resource. If the processor determines that the user of the untrusted client device is authorized to access the remote resource, the processor provides the untrusted client device access to the remote resource.