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  • Recent Updates to Okta Privileged Access – Oct 25

    There have been a number of features released for Okta Privileged Access over the recent months, some major and some minor, but may have been lost in the excitement of Oktane 25. This article provides a summary of all the changes release. Introduction The last two quarters have been very busy for Okta Privileged Access…

  • RDP’ing with Microsoft Active Directory Accounts in OPA

    Okta is extending it’s Okta Privileged Access capabilities with Microsoft Active Directory accounts by adding the ability to leverage them in direct RDP connections. This means it now supports two use cases with AD accounts – a reveal function where those credentials can be used (via copy’n’paste) to any AD-authenticated service, and the new direct…

  • 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…

  • Integrating Active Directory with Okta Privileged Access

    Okta has recently released their Microsoft Active Directory (AD) integration with Okta Privileged Access. This allows AD admin accounts to be stored in the vault and exposed via policy for use when accessing AD-authenticated services. This article provides a brief overview of the new feature. Note that this article is from the initial Active Directory…

  • Managing Multiple AD Users in the AD-Joined Feature of ASA

    Okta recently released the AD-Joined feature for Okta Advanced Server Access. This feature extends ASA secured RDP access to Windows servers in an AD domain, leveraging user credentials also stored in Active Directory. The feature supports both traditional password-based access and passwordless access using AD certificates, with the flexibility of having a mix of both…