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Okta Administration: Up and Running

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Published in Dec 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800566644

Pages 268 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Identity Management

Authors (2):

Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf

HenkJan de Vries

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with Okta

2. Chapter 1: IAM and Okta

3. Chapter 2: Working with Universal Directory

4. Chapter 3: Single Sign-On for a Great End User Experience

5. Chapter 4: Increasing Security with Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication

6. Chapter 5: Automating Using Life Cycle Management

7. Chapter 6: Customizing Your Okta GUI

8. Section 2: Extending Okta

9. Chapter 7: API Management

10. Chapter 8: Managing Access with Advanced Server Access

11. Chapter 9: Leveraging Access Gateway for Your On-Premises Applications

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Using SAML and OpenID Connect applications

To fully embrace the capabilities of Okta's SSO, it is recommended to use federation protocols such as Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) and OpenID Connect (OIDC). Both handle and look at login flows differently, but they share one common feature, they allow an application to delegate their authentication to an Identity Provider (IdP) such as Okta. This means that there is no reason to have a password in your application anymore. The user is no longer responsible for a strong unused password, but the application will refer to the IdP for authentication. We will be looking at both, to see what they have in common and where they differ.

SAML is a framework built upon XML and allows interactions between an IdP and Service Provider (SP), to communicate user authentication, entitlement, and attribute information. The flexibility of the XML allows it be modified and to send different relevant information based on the integration...

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Authors (2)

Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf

Lovisa has been with Devoteam for over 4 years, working with multiple cloud vendors during that period. Starting out as a Project Manager, gaining certifications within G Suite and Salesforce, it was a natural step to start helping customers with their complete cloud setup, including Okta. Apart from customer work, she also has experience with management, both in resources and budget. With several Okta implementations under her belt and an Okta Professional certification in the bag, she now heads the Okta practice within Devoteam.

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HenkJan de Vries

HenkJan has extensive experience with Okta, being an Okta partner engineer for over 5 years. With a long history of both implementing and supporting many Okta customers, he understands what long term requirements look like, but also the day to day management within organizations. Currently, he is strategically supporting customers to reach all their Okta potential. HenkJan is a certified consultant and is currently part of the exclusive SME group within Okta. Besides his business-related reach, he also enjoys helping unknown and uncontracted customers on several community boards, and by doing so, he has been named an Okta Advocate in 2019 and an Okta Community Leader in 2020.

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