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Category: Identity Platform

  • Automating Realm Creation in Okta with Workflows

    The new Realms feature in the Okta Workforce platform and the Secure Partner Access (SPA) product built on top of it are designed to make management of discrete user populations simpler. Realms can be managed via the Okta Admin Console. But what about when you want to automate the process, such as onboarding a large…

  • Assigning Administrators to Realms in Okta

    Realms were introduced into Okta to provide an alternative mechanism for delegated administration with discrete user populations. A key aspect of this is the administration – you may need to have different types of administrator roles for the users in the realm, but also allow cross-realm roles. In this article we explore configuring administrators for…

  • An Introduction to Realms in Okta

    Okta recently added a new feature to the Universal Directory called Realms. This article provides an overview of the new feature. Note that Realms is only available with the Okta Identity Governance and Secure Partner Access products. At the time of writing this article, Realms is in Early Access. Background – Why do we need…

  • Reduce Risk through Governance for Okta Administrators

    In this article we explore the different patterns for associating users with administrative roles and how we can reduce the risk around these using governance. There are multiple articles listing the controls that should be applied to the administrative access in Okta, but this article will focus on the governance controls. Introduction Okta administration is…

  • Managing and Using Okta Shared Accounts with Okta Privileged Access

    Okta recently announced a new SaaS app service account capability for Okta Privileged Access. This includes being able to manage the passwords for Okta users (accounts) that may need to be shared for administrative functions. This article will explore this new capability. Introduction Users in Okta may be consumers of Okta services, like SSO, but…

  • Privileged Access Management for AWS using Okta Workforce Solutions

    This article is a summary of a presentation I recently gave looking at Okta Workforce Identity Cloud and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is focused on how privileged access management can be applied to AWS users and access, leveraging the different Identity and Access Management (IAM) capabilities in Okta. Note that this article talks about…

  • A Look at the new Govern Okta Admin Roles feature

    This article is a walkthrough of the new Govern Okta Admin Roles feature in Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (WIC). Overview of the Feature This new feature builds on the flexible and customisable administration roles that have been available on Okta WIC for some time. It treats the Okta Admin Console as an application with entitlements…

  • Consolidating Nested Lists in Okta Workflows

    Working with lists in Okta Workflows is common, but sometimes the list processing actions can be overwhelming and confusing. In this article I look at how I approached a problem of consolidating nested lists with a standard pattern of Lists actions. It should give you an idea of how you can use different Lists actions…