Enable Okta for VMware vCenter Server

In today’s security landscape, identity management and multifactor authentication (MFA) are crucial components. The latest release of vSphere, vSphere 8 Update 1, introduces support for cloud-based identity providers in vCenter, including the widely used Okta service. With this new capability, vSphere administrators can leverage modern identity management features for enhanced security and streamlined operations. Prerequisites … Continue reading Enable Okta for VMware vCenter Server →

Creating a Twilio Messaging Connector with Workflows Connector Builder

Okta has just made generally available its Workflows Connector Builder and I am writing this post to celebrate. Okta's Workflow Connector Builder delivers the powerful concept of reuse to your Workflows. It allows you build connections and actions once for re-use throughout all of your Workflows. Additionally, it gives vendors the opportunity to build and … Continue reading Creating a Twilio Messaging Connector with Workflows Connector Builder →

Bring Your Own Messaging Provider: WhatsApp OTP with Inline Hooks & Workflows

Okta's Identity Engine introduced an Inline Hook for Telephony effectively allow you to replace Okta's inbuilt SMS solution with your own provider. This empowers customers to manage their own numbers and providers around the world allowing for cost and delivery optimisation. It also paves the way for adding additional channel options for OTP messages. Messaging … Continue reading Bring Your Own Messaging Provider: WhatsApp OTP with Inline Hooks & Workflows →

Secure your VMware Web Proxy access with Okta

Overview / Prerequisites In this blog I want to guide you through the process how we can integrate Okta as the IdP with VMware Web Proxy and how the User Experience looks .I will not cover how to create a Security Policy on the VMware side, but you can read this basic steps in my … Continue reading Secure your VMware Web Proxy access with Okta →

Phishing Resistant Authenticators in action through Okta Fastpass

In this blog, I will showcase how Okta is able to prevent and stop phishing attempts crafted by EvilGinX (MiTM) to your end users. Aside from preventing the phishing attempt, Okta can also be configured to orchestrate back-end orchestration flows that will raise awareness to your end users and also deliver a SecOps capability.

VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator Single Sign-On powered by Okta

In this article I would like to describe how to integrate the Okta into the SD-WAN Orchestrator and using Single Sign On (SSO) with different user types. VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator provides centralized, enterprise-wide installation, configuration, and real time monitoring, in addition to orchestrating the data flow through the cloud network. Prerequisites We need to have an … Continue reading VMware SD-WAN Orchestrator Single Sign-On powered by Okta →

Fixed Recovery Questions with Workflows

Recently an Okta customer was interested in being able to set a fixed Recovery Question for a subset of its employees. In particular they wanted to use an attribute from their source of truth as a security answer. Having a fixed security question and answer based on an employee attribute does have security drawbacks however … Continue reading Fixed Recovery Questions with Workflows →

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 →

Enforcing device assurance on unmanaged devices (BYOD)

One of the biggest challenges for organisations is being able to increase the security posture of their employee's BYOD devices while respecting their privacy and improving their user experience. Okta announced recently the new feature called Okta Device Assurance which allow organisations to increase the posture of their BYOD's users leveraging Okta Verify Application. Until … Continue reading Enforcing device assurance on unmanaged devices (BYOD) →

Optimising Twilio Flex Licensing with Okta Workflows

Twilio Flex, Twilio's contact centre solution, supports SAML 2.0 for Agent and Supervisor provisioning and access. Users are provisioned Just In Time into TaskRouter workers with skills and attributes created or updated when a user logs in. Unfortunately Twilio provides no standard way of de-provisioning users. This means that Flex licenses may continue to be … Continue reading Optimising Twilio Flex Licensing with Okta Workflows →