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Okta Administration: Up and Running

By : Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf, HenkJan de Vries
Book Image

Okta Administration: Up and Running

By: Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf, HenkJan de Vries

Overview of this book

IAM, short for identity and access management, is a set of policies and technologies for ensuring the security of an organization through careful role and access assignment for users and devices. With this book, you’ll get up and running with Okta, an identity and access management (IAM) service that you can use for both employees and customers. Once you’ve understood how Okta can be used as an IAM platform, you’ll learn about the Universal Directory, which covers how to integrate other directories and applications and set up groups and policies. As you make progress, the book explores Okta’s single sign-on (SSO) feature and multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions. Finally, you will delve into API access management and discover how you can leverage Advanced Server Access for your cloud servers and Okta Access Gateway for your on-premises applications. By the end of this Okta book, you’ll have learned how to implement Okta to enhance your organization's security and be able to use this book as a reference guide for the Okta certification exam.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Section 1: Getting Started with Okta
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Section 2: Extending Okta

Chapter 4: Increasing Security with Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) are security features 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 factors to having multiple factors. Instead of one type of factor, 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. In this chapter, we will look at Okta's capabilities within this field, as well as the more advanced features of having your MFA adaptive. You will increase your skills in the following areas:

  • Different types of factors
  • Basic MFA settings
  • Contextual access management
  • Creating layered and app-specific policies
  • ...