Author: Mark Smith

Over 25 years of experience in IT including over 10 years specialising in Identity and Access Management.

New in Workflows: Security Operations Solution Packs

Okta Workflows has just released a number of templates focused on Security Operations Centre (SOC) processes. These Workflow templates are designed to help solve specific identity-based automation challenges for the Security Operations team using a bundled collection of pre-built and fully customizable flows. The categories include: Security Awareness Identity Automation + Response Incident Investigation + … Continue reading New in Workflows: Security Operations Solution Packs →

Learn How to use Workflows for Inline Hooks

Token Inline HookWorking ExampleStep 1 - External ServiceStep 2 - Create Okta WorkflowStep 3 - Okta ConfigurationCreate Inline HookAdd Hook to Authorization ServerTest Inline Hook and WorkflowGet your Workflows questions answered Now that Low Latency Flows are available, Inline Hooks can use Okta Workflows to implement the hook endpoint. The Low-latency feature ensures consistent execution … Continue reading Learn How to use Workflows for Inline Hooks →

Low Latency Flows

Okta Workflows doesn't guarantee execution latency. Usually flows run very fast. However, Workflows is a multi-tenant system and doesn't have a latency SLA. Flows execution times depend on: Complexity of the flow (including built-in waits) Lag between increased demand for system resources and Okta adding extra capacity Latency or rate limiting by third-party APIs Because … Continue reading Low Latency Flows →

Okta Devices SDK Sample App

Sample App Setup ProcedureStep 1 - Create a OIDC Client AppStep 2 - Configure Firebase Cloud MessagingCreate Firebase ProjectAdd an Android App to your ProjectCreate an API KeyStep 3 - Set Up Notification ServiceStep 4 - Add a Custom AuthenticatorStep 5 - Configure a Global Session Policy and Authentication PoliciesStep 6 - Download and Compile … Continue reading Okta Devices SDK Sample App →

Auth0 Integration with Okta Workflows – Part Two

This blog post is part two in the series. The first post can be found here: Auth0 Integration with Okta Workflows – Part One For large organizations comprised of numerous independently managed business units, centralizing identity can be extremely challenging. Okta hub-spoke architecture model has been key in solving this issue for many organizations for … Continue reading Auth0 Integration with Okta Workflows – Part Two →

Generate Auth0 Access Token via Okta Workflows

Okta Workflows makes it easy to automate identity processes at scale – without writing code. Using the if-this-then-that logic, Okta’s pre-built connector library and the ability to connect to any publicly available API, anyone can innovate with Okta. The Customer Identity Cloud (aka Auth0 Identity Platform), a product unit within Okta, takes a modern approach to … Continue reading Generate Auth0 Access Token via Okta Workflows →

Pagination with Okta Workflows

Okta Workflows makes it easy to automate identity processes at scale – without writing code. Using the if-this-then-that logic, Okta’s pre-built connector library and the ability to connect to any publicly available API, anyone can innovate with Okta. When working with large result sets, its impractical to try and process them in one single block. Pagination … Continue reading Pagination with Okta Workflows →

Auth0 Integration with Okta Workflows – Part One

The Customer Identity Cloud (aka Auth0 Identity Platform), a product unit within Okta, takes a modern approach to identity and enables organizations to provide secure access to any application, for any user. Auth0 is a highly customizable platform that is as simple as development teams want, and as flexible as they need. In todays product … Continue reading Auth0 Integration with Okta Workflows – Part One →