About Okta

Okta is a leading identity and access management platform that provides secure and seamless authentication and authorization services for businesses. It offers a centralized system for managing user identities, access controls, and single sign-on across various applications and devices. With its robust security features, multi-factor authentication, and extensive integration capabilities, Okta helps organizations protect their data and streamline user access, ensuring a smooth and secure user experience across different systems and applications.

Okta Automation Use Cases

Integration use cases with an identity provider such as Okta can vary depending on the specific needs of an organization. Here are a few common integration use cases:

1. Single Sign-On (SSO): Integrate the identity provider with various applications, allowing users to access multiple systems and services using a single set of credentials. This enhances user convenience and simplifies access management.
2. User Provisioning and De-provisioning: Automate the process of creating and managing user accounts in various applications based on the identity provider's user directory. When a user is added or removed from the identity provider, their access to connected applications is automatically granted or revoked accordingly.
3. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Enable stronger security by integrating the identity provider with MFA solutions. This adds an extra layer of verification, such as SMS codes, biometrics, or hardware tokens, to enhance user authentication and prevent unauthorized access.
4. Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC): Leverage the identity provider's user attributes to enforce granular access control policies. Based on user attributes such as roles, departments, or locations, specific permissions can be granted or denied within applications.
5. Reporting and Auditing: Integrate the identity provider with reporting and auditing tools to track and monitor user access activities across various systems. This helps organizations maintain compliance, identify security risks, and generate usage reports.

It's important to note that these are just a few examples, and you can use this App Connect to solve your specific use case with HyprFlows and Federated Search and Actions based on your business requirements.

Okta Search Use Cases

As an identity and access management platform, Okta primarily focuses on user authentication and authorization rather than providing search capabilities. However, HyprEdge extends Okta's capabilities to offer search capabilities that can be leveraged by administrators. These search capabilities include:

1. User Search: Search for users based on various criteria such as username, email address, group membership, or custom attributes. Retrieve user information from Okta for user management or authentication purposes.
2. Application Search: Ability to search for applications within its application catalog. Query and retrieve information about available applications, their configurations, and associated metadata.
3. Group Search: Search for user groups based on group names, descriptions, or custom attributes. Retrieve group information for managing user access controls and permissions.
4. Event Search: Okta logs various events and activities related to user authentication, provisioning, and access management. You can leverage HyprEdge Federated Search to for event search in Okta to retrieve and analyze event logs for auditing, compliance, or reporting purposes.

Okta connected with HyprEdge allows administrators to leverage the power of HyprEdge Federated Search to provide comprehensive and scalable search functionality across Okta and other enterprise data sources enhancing productivity.

Capabilities of this Integration

This App Connect provides following capabilities:

• Actions: Patch, Quarantine Host, Scan IP
• Triggers: Vulnerability detected, Scan complete, Patch available/not available
• Artifacts: Host, IP, Vulnerabilities

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