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Category: LCM

  • New Okta Group Push API

    If you have been working with applications in Okta for some time and occasionally use the APIs (or Workflows) you would be aware that one glaring omission in the API library was an API to manage the Push Groups on applications. This has now been addressed with the Group Push Mapping API. The Group Push…

  • Privileged Access Management for Microsoft Active Directory with Okta

    Microsoft Active Directory is pervasive across industry, and thus a common target for hackers, particularly with the abundance of privileged accounts. In this article we look at how the Okta Workforce platform can use different approaches to managing privileged access and reducing the risk of these accessed. It includes just-in-time provisioning of access and dynamic…

  • The Combined Power of Okta Privileged Access and Okta Identity Governance

    This article looks at the benefits of combining Okta Privileged Access with Okta Identity Governance to reduce the risk of using privileged accounts and access. Introduction Both Okta Privileged Access (OPA) and Okta Identity Governance (OIG) are part of the Okta Workforce Identity Cloud platform (Okta WIC). OIG is focused on governing identities – having…

  • Understanding AWS IAM and Integrating with Okta and Workflows

    Understanding AWS IAM and Integrating with Okta and Workflows

    I’ve been looking into application entitlements and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) users, groups and entitlements has perplexed me for some time. I’ve had the opportunity to explore it, try to understand it and build some integration between Okta Workforce Identity Cloud (via Okta Workflows). This post is a summary of my findings. AWS and…

  • Enable Provisioning with OAuth for Salesforce.com

    A while back Okta changed the provisioning credentials for salesforce.com from the old username and password+token approach to using OAuth. Whilst the new approach was added to the Okta help documentation (https://help.okta.com/oie/en-us/Content/Topics/Provisioning/Salesforce/sfdc-configure-provisioning-REST.htm), the need for the documents to cover both the old and new can lead to some confusion. A customer hit a snag and…