Okta Administration: Up and Running: Implement enterprise-grade identity and access management for on-premises and cloud apps - Tapa blanda

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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.

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.

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Plan, design, and implement identity and access management solutions with Okta Key FeaturesLearn 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 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 learnUnderstand 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 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 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.