Case Study: Scotts Miracle‑Gro achieves federated SSO and improved security with Ping Identity

Scotts Miracle-Gro employee access flourishes with federated sso

Scotts Miracle‑Gro, the world’s largest marketer of branded lawn and garden products headquartered in Marysville, Ohio, needed to secure expanding employee access to dozens of SaaS, cloud and enterprise applications without slowing the business. The company was relying on outdated authentication and risky workarounds—employees clicking external links from a shared intranet page—so they required a centralized identity platform that would provide seamless and secure access.

Scotts selected PingFederate as the organization’s authentication authority to deliver federated single sign‑on, giving roughly 7,500 employees one‑click access to apps like Google Apps and SAP with a single set of credentials. Centralized identity services improved security and auditability, boosted workforce productivity, and—thanks to open standards and a flexible hybrid platform—future‑proofed the company’s identity architecture.

Scott’s Miracle Gro

Joni Moss

Identity and Access Management Analyst