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 … Continue reading Understanding AWS IAM and Integrating with Okta and Workflows

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 … Continue reading Enable Provisioning with OAuth for Salesforce.com

Certifying Access for Disconnected Application in Okta

The beauty with Okta is that there are over 500 applications in the Okta Integration Network that enables Admins to automate the user lifecycle. For these apps, Okta Identity Governance enables immediate remediation based on access reviews. There are still many applications that don’t and won’t support this, which creates a challenge when it comes … Continue reading Certifying Access for Disconnected Application in Okta