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Okta Administration Up and Running - Second Edition

By : HenkJan de Vries, Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf
Book Image

Okta Administration Up and Running - Second Edition

By: HenkJan de Vries, Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf

Overview of this book

Identity and access management (IAM) is a set of policies and technologies used to ensure an organization’s security, by carefully assigning roles and access to users and devices. This book will get you up and running with Okta, an IAM service that can help you manage both employees and customers. The book begins by helping you understand how Okta can be used as an IAM platform, before teaching you about Universal Directory and how to integrate with other directories and apps, as well as set up groups and policies for Joiner, Mover, and Leaver flows. This updated edition helps you to explore agentless desktop single sign-on (SSO) and multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions, and showing how to utilize Okta to meet NIST requirements. The chapters also walk you through Okta Workflows, low-/no-code automation functionalities, and custom API possibilities used to improve lifecycle management. Finally, you’ll delve into API access auditing and management, where you’ll discover how to leverage Advanced Server Access (ASA) for your cloud servers. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to implement Okta to enhance your organization's security and be able to use the book as a reference guide for the Okta certification exam.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1:Getting Started with Okta
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Part 2: Extending Okta

Increasing Security with Adaptive Multifactor Authentication

Two-factor authentication (2FA) and multifactor authentication (MFA) are security features that are growing in many organizations to keep their users and data more secure. The two terms mentioned here are not the same, but rather an evolution from having two authenticators to having multiple authenticators. Instead of one type of authenticator, based on the context, users are asked to confirm who they are by presenting something they know, such as their username and password, something they have, such as a physical card, token, or soft token on a device, and/or something they are, such as using biometrics.

After introducing single sign-on (SSO) to your organization, MFA is the logical next step to increase security and progress in your journey to zero trust. You will learn different ways to implement this here.

In this chapter, we will look at Okta’s capabilities within this field, as well as more advanced features...