A method and system for providing remote user access to secure financial applications by deployment of SSO software (126) to client workstations (120), including receiving a password for collaborating access to a secure server (110); navigating to the secure server (110) using a web browser (124) on a remote workstation (120); providing user authorization details and the received password to the secure server (120); generating a subsequent password at the secure server (110) upon validation of the user authorization details and received password; downloading an SSO deployment file (122) to the remote workstation (120), said deployment file (122) including the subsequent password; executing the SSO deployment file (122) to install an SSO client application (126) on the remote workstation; reading workstation settings and user credentials from a secure file or data store; and running the SSO client application (126) on the workstation to employ the user credentials and subsequent password to logon to the secure application.