Tag: Okta

Simplifying Server Access with Okta Advanced Server Access

Posted on by Akshit Konaperthi in Okta
  • Introduction
  • Prerequisites
  • Usecase Overview
  • Technical Demonstration
  • Conclusion
  • Reference Links

Introduction:

Many organizations face difficulties in securely managing access to their servers. This often results in compromised static credentials, delay in accessing the servers and increase in security risks. Okta’s approach to address this problem is unique, comes with Advanced Server Access (ASA) to provide simple & secure way to access the servers through ephemeral certificates. These certificates are short-lived & tightly scoped which ensures strong security for the connection. And also, JIT Passwordless authentication for server access which will create & revoke access for the user through time-bound constraints. It streamlines the login process and enhances security, ensuring that only the right people can access right resources.

To get started, we need to create and configure an ASA team, which is a designated group of users that can authenticate with Okta. Each team acts as an Advanced Server Access tenant, with all configurations and resources scoped to that team. 

Prerequisites:

  • An Okta Org account with the necessary permissions to configure applications and integrations.
  • Supported OS for ASA Server Agent – Linux & Windows
  • Supported OS for ASA Client Agent – Linux, Windows & MacOS
  • Administrative permission to install ASA Server Agent & Client Agent on servers & end devices.
  • For Network settings, please refer to Okta Docs.

Usecase Overview:

Please refer to the below video to have an understanding about Okta Advanced Server Access & the usecase around integrating servers with Okta ASA.

Technical Demonstration:

Here’s the technical demonstration on the integration of Windows and Linux servers with Okta ASA. We will cover the process of creating an ASA team in ScaleFT, followed by integrating and configuring the ASA application in Okta. Next, we will explain how to enroll servers and clients, and finally, we will test the process by accessing the server from client machines to showcase a seamless user experience.

Conclusion:

On a closure note, with all the steps carried out in this blog it is fair enough to say integrating Servers with Okta Advanced Server Access not only enhances security through ephemeral credentials but also simplifies management processes while ensuring compliance. Its scalable architecture supports modern cloud environments, making it a comprehensive solution for organizations looking to secure their server access effectively.

Reference Links:

Okta Advanced Server Access Guide

Simplifying Salesforce Access with Okta SSO Integration 

Posted on by Leela Krishna Paluru in Okta
  • Introduction
  • Pre-Requisites
  • Usecase Overview – Integration flow
  • Technical Demonstration
  • Conclusion
  • Reference Links

Introduction:

In today’s fast-paced business environment, manually logging into multiple App’s can be a tedious and time-consuming process, especially when dealing with multiple accounts or complex password policies. Moreover, security risks associated with password-based authentication can put your organization’s sensitive data at risk. 

That’s where Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) comes in, a solution that streamlines App access, boosts productivity, and fortifies security. By integrating Okta SSO with multiple App’s like Salesforce, Slack, LinkedIn, etc.., organizations can provide teams with seamless, one-click access to the platform, while maintaining the highest levels of security. 

In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of using Okta SSO with Salesforce and provide a step-by-step guide on how to set up and configure this powerful integration. 

Pre-requisites:

Okta Tenant: 

  • An account with Super Admin role privileges 

Salesforce Tenant: 

  • Salesforce Org with system administrator privileges 
  • Custom Domain: acme 

Usecase Overview – Integration flow:

Please refer to the below video to have an understanding about Okta & the use case around integrating Salesforce with Okta.

Technical Demonstration:

Here’s the technical walkthrough on the integration and provisioning between Salesforce & Okta.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, integrating Okta with Salesforce has significantly streamlined the users access to the platform. With Okta’s Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities, users can now seamlessly log in to salesforce without remembering multiple passwords, reducing login times and increasing productivity. The integration backed up with Okta’s Sign-On policies, enhances organization security posture by providing an additional layer of authentication, ensuring that only authorized personnel can access sensitive customer data. By streamlining Salesforce access with Okta, we have improved user experience, increased efficiency and strengthened security, ultimately driving business growth and success. 

Reference Links:

Okta Docs | Setup SSO for Salesforce

Okta Docs | Adding Salesforce to Okta 

Microsoft 365 SSO Integration using Okta

Posted on by Dinesh Runjala in Okta
  • Overview
  • Prerequisites
  • Usecase Overview – Integration flow
  • Technical Walkthrough
  • Conclusion
  • Reference Links

Overview:

Most of the organizations, rely on Microsoft Active Directory Services or LDAP for a centralized store for identities & access permissions. Majority of the on-prem applications rely on these services to authenticate and authorize the actions. But with the cloud-based application, where the applications would have their own identity profiles to manage the application it is challenging for the administrator to manage the user accounts & it would be challenging for the end user too to use multiple identities for multiple applications.

Okta provides a solution to utilize the existing Microsoft Active Directory Services / LDAP services to access the SaaS applications through Active Directory / LDAP integration. This allows a single dashboard for the users to access the applications using their existing credentials and for administrators a centralized service to handle the lifecycle management.

In this section, we will integrate an existing on-premises Active Directory to Okta and let Okta provision the user accounts for us in Microsoft 365 tenant.

For simulating this in our lab environment, we’ll need to have access to 3 entities & few prerequisites.

  • Okta Tenant.
  • Member Server for Okta Active Directory Agent Installation.
  • Microsoft 365 tenant.

Pre-requisites:

Okta Tenant:

  • An account with Super Admin role privileges.

Member Server for Okta Active Directory Agent Installation:

  • The host server should have at least two CPUs and a minimum of 8 GB RAM.
  • Host server running Windows server 2016 & above is supported.
  • .NET framework 4.6.2 and above is supported.
  • Host server should be a member server part of the same domain.
  • Okta agent installation wizard should be executed from host server.

Microsoft 365 Tenant:

  • Microsoft 365 tenant name – This is the default tenant name registered as “comanyname.onmicrosoft.com”
  • Microsoft 365 domain – This is the custom domain which is chosen for federation.
  • Microsoft 365 global administrator user account.

Usecase Overview – Integration flow:

Please refer to the below video to have an understanding about Okta & the use case around integrating Office365 with Okta.

Technical Walkthrough:

Here’s the technical demonstration on the integration between Office 365 & Okta.

Conclusion:

On a closure note, with all the steps carried out in this blog it is fair enough to say integrating Okta with Active Directory & Office 365 eases the overhead of IT administrators for access management and provisioning happening through Single Sign-on. With this integration in place, IT administrators can manage the user assignments & modifying the attributes from Okta and the replication will happen to AD & Office 365 tenant.

Reference Links:

Okta Docs | Configure Single Sign-On for Office 365

Okta Docs | Active Directory integration

SailPoint IdentityNow SSO integration with Okta

Posted on by Chaitanya Malladi in Identity Governance, Okta, Sailpoint, Technology

Okta is the leading solution for user authentication and single sign-on (SSO) for workforce as well as customer identities. Okta is capable of managing SSO to wide range of applications along with multi-factor authentication, directory integrations and lifecycle management from the cloud.

SailPoint IdentityNow is a cloud based identity and access management solution which aims to provide identity-as-a-service. IdentityNow enables a complete set of IAM capabilities delivered from the cloud to manage hybrid IT environments that include on-premises and cloud resources. IdentityNow supports SAML based Single Sign On. SAML is an open standard which allows an identity provider (like Okta) to pass on authentication information to a service provider (like IdentityNow).

In the following demonstration, we take a look at the SAML integration of IdentityNow with Okta for Single Sign-on. We will also go over the Active Directory integration in Okta and how this can be backed by IdentityNow’s lifecycle management.

SailPoint IdentityIQ SSO Integration with Okta

Posted on by Akhil Sangam in Identity Governance, Okta, Sailpoint, Technology

You have to admit that there are many people who change their password to ‘incorrect’ .That way it always reminds them whenever they enter a wrong password – “your password is incorrect” . Also a survey stated more than 78% of people tend to forget their latest passwords within 21 days of inactivity .

Amidst such scenarios , securing and monitoring the access for any external users like partners, contractors and customers who have access to organizational resources have always been a challenge for many organizations thereby increasing the demand for a centralized login system. Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication process that allows a user to access multiple applications with one set of login credentials. 

Okta is the one of the leading provider for user authentication and standards-based single sign-on (SSO) for employee, partner and customer identity types. Okta supports and manages SSO for the enterprises with wide range of applications thereby providing a single secured centralized login system.

SailPoint IdentityIQ  supports Single sign-on as one of its supported login configurations . The SSO is based on the SAML protocol which is a standard protocol for the SSO and other security assertions.

In this blog we are going to take a look at the integration of SailPoint IdentityIQ with Okta for Single Sign on.

The following presentation discusses in detail about the integration between SailPoint IdentityIQ and Okta.

The following is the demonstration of steps for configuring Okta as an Identity Provider for SailPoint IdentityIQ

SailPoint’s IdentityIQ Integration with Okta

Posted on by Mahesh Bitla in Identity Governance, Okta, Sailpoint, Technology

In the world of Identity Management, securing and monitoring the access for the external users like partners, contractors and customers who have access to organizational resources have always been a challenge for many organizations. To mitigate and help the organizations to secure their resources two big Identity management products partnered together in February 2018. Okta and SailPoint announced a strategic partnership to provide an end-to-end identity for the enterprise – helping organizations balance providing simple, secure user access while meeting complex compliance and security requirements.

Benefits of the Combined Solutions

• Effectively manage user identities’ authentication, application assignments, while ensuring all governance and compliance requirements are met.

• Authenticate user access with single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.

• Ensure that for sensitive applications, only the right user has access, authorization policies are enforced, and the process is documented, timestamped and compliant.

• Automate provisioning throughout the user lifecycle by simplifying processes for creating, modifying and revoking access.

• Automate provisioning of applications adherent to corporate policies.

• Trigger provisioning workflows from authoritative sources, such as Active Directory or HR systems, to ensure consistency and increase efficiency.

Below presentation demonstrates Okta, IdentityIQ, SSO Concepts, Importance of SailPoint’s IdentityIQ integration to achieve SSO. The presentation is followed by a demo.

Okta and SailPoint IIQ Integration

Demo of SailPoint’s IIQ and Okta Integration.