Okta Administration Up and Running

Implement enterprise-grade identity and access management for on-premises and cloud apps

Lovisa Stenbacken Stjernlof , HenkJan de Vries 지음

Packt(GCO Science) 2020년 12월 08일 출간

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Plan, design, and implement identity and access management solutions with Okta

▶Book Description
IAM, short for identity and access management, is a set of policies and technologies for ensuring the security of an organization through careful role and access assignment for users and devices. With this book, you'll get up and running with Okta, an identity and access management (IAM) service that you can use for both employees and customers.

Once you've understood how Okta can be used as an IAM platform, you'll learn about the Universal Directory, which covers how to integrate other directories and applications and set up groups and policies. As you make progress, the book explores Okta's single sign-on (SSO) feature and multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions. Finally, you will delve into API access management and discover how you can leverage Advanced Server Access for your cloud servers and Okta Access Gateway for your on-premises applications.

By the end of this Okta book, you'll have learned how to implement Okta to enhance your organization's security and be able to use this book as a reference guide for the Okta certification exam.

▶What You Will Learn
-Understand different types of users in Okta and how to place them in groups
-Set up SSO and MFA rules to secure your IT environment
-Get to grips with the basics of end-user functionality and customization
-Find out how provisioning and synchronization with applications work
-Explore API management, Access Gateway, and Advanced Server Access
-Become well-versed in the terminology used by IAM professionals

▶Key Features
-Learn how to use Okta for complete identity and access management in your organization
-Use single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and life cycle management for enhanced security
-Set up, manage, and audit API access policies

▶Who This Book Is For
If you are an IT consultant, business decision-maker, system administrator, system and security engineer, or anyone who wishes to use Ok

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▶TABLE of CONTENTS
▷Section 1: Getting Started with Okta
-Chapter 1: IAM and Okta
-Chapter 2: Working with Universal Directory
-Chapter 3: Single Sign-On for a Great End User Experience
-Chapter 4: Increasing Security with Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication
-Chapter 5: Automating Using Life Cycle Management
-Chapter 6: Customizing Your Okta GUI

▷Section 2: Extending Okta
-Chapter 7: API Management
-Chapter 8: Managing Access with Advanced Server Access
-Chapter 9: Leveraging Access Gateway for Your On-Premises Applications

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▶What this book covers
- Chapter 1, IAM and Okta, is the chapter where we'll learn about Okta and its features. This information will serve as the foundation with which to approach this book and pick up the skills we require to integrate Okta into our systems and learn to use it in the best way possible.

- Chapter 2, Working with Universal Directory, is where we go through Universal Directory, the foundation on which other pieces are mounted. In this chapter, you'll learn everything you need to know about how to integrate other directories, configurations for users, and how to set up groups.

- Chapter 3, Single Sign-On for a Great End User Experience, is where we will look at Okta's SSO functionalities and how they will help your end users. We will look at how you can utilize the Okta Integration Network, but before that, we will look into the different connections you can create with various applications. We will also look at the difference between Okta- and application-initiated sign-on flows, as well as IdP discovery.

- Chapter 4, Increasing Security with Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication, is the chapter where we will look at Okta's capabilities in MFA, as well as the more advanced features of having your MFA adaptive. We'll look at how to set up policies and best practices around that.

- Chapter 5, Automating Using Life Cycle Management, is an introduction to how we can use some of the knowledge we gained in previous chapters and use it for a complete user lifecycle. We will look at how we can use integrations for user provisioning, such as setting up an HR as a user master. We will also go deeper into editing a user's profile, for instance, with expression language. We will also go through how to use groups for automation, as well as Okta Hooks.

- Chapter 6, Customizing Your Okta GUI, introduces the different features end users can utilize. After that, we'll go into how we can customize the end user dashboard with a logo and colors. We will go through w

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▶ Preface
Okta Administration: Up and Running is a book for anyone starting with Okta. The book covers Okta's features for the internal workforce. After finishing the book, you will have all the basic knowledge needed to have an Okta org up and running. We'll go over the different features, how to set up policies, best practices, and the most common terminology. The book gathers the information you need and connects the dots on how it all fits together.

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저자(글) Lovisa Stenbacken Stjernlof

Lovisa has been with Devoteam for over 3 years, working with multiple cloud vendors during that period. Starting out as a Project Manager, gaining certifications within G Suite and Salesforce, it was a natural step to start helping customers with their complete cloud setup, including Okta. Apart from customer work, she also has experience with management, both in resources and budget. With several Okta implementations under her belt and an Okta Professional certification in the bag, she now heads the Okta practice within Devoteam.

저자(글) HenkJan de Vries

HenkJan has extensive experience with Okta, being an Okta partner engineer for over 5 years. With a long history of both implementing and supporting many Okta customers, he understands what long term requirements look like, but also the day to day management within organizations. Currently, he is strategically supporting customers of Devoteam to reach all their Okta potential. HenkJan is a certified Consultant and is currently part of the exclusive SME group within Okta. Besides his business-related reach, he also enjoys helping unknown and uncontracted customers on several community boards, and by doing so he has been named Okta advocate in 2019 and Okta Community Leader for 2020.