Learn the foundation of Zero trust, IAM and Okta - combined with step by step instructions on how to do a foundational configuration of your own tenant. Key Features Learn how to use Okta for complete identity and access management in your organization Explore agentless desktop single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and life cycle management for enhanced security Learn about no/low code automation functionality also known as Okta workflows Book DescriptionIAM, 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 for Joiner-Mover-Leaver flows. This new edition will help you to explores desktop agentless single sign-on (SSO) feature, multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions, learn how to utilize Okta on your NIST Journey. To enhance the lifecycle management, you'll also walk through Okta Workflows, explore no/low code automation functionality and custom API possibilities. Finally, you will delve into API access auditing and management where you will 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 Fundamentals of zero trust, IAM and Okta Overview of the advanced features in Okta Hands on instructions how to integrate to directories and applications Practical recommendations how to manage policies for SSO, MFA and lifecycle management How to and examples on how to work with Groups and Group rules for Joiner-Mover-Leaver events Managing your Okta tenants with APIs and managing you APIs with Okta How to extend your Okta experience with Workflows, OAG and ASA Ability to set up, and/or manage your organizations okta environment, ensuring a secure IAM practice for the organization. Who this book is forIf you are an IT consultant, business decision-maker, system administrator, system and security engineer, or anyone who wishes to use Okta to plan, design, and implement identity and access management solutions, this book is for you. A basic understanding of authentication and authorization is necessary.

Book Information
ISBN 9781837637454
Author Lovisa Stenbäcken Stjernlöf
Format Paperback
Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
Publisher Packt Publishing Limited