Okta Administration Up and Running - Second Edition: Drive operational excellence with IAM solutions for on-premises and cloud apps

Get to grips with the fundamentals of Zero trust, IAM, and Okta, while learning how to carry out foundational configuration of your own tenants with the help of step-by-step instructions

Key Features:

• Discover how to use Okta for complete identity and access management in your organization
• Explore agentless desktop single sign-on, multifactor authentication, and lifecycle management for enhanced security
• Learn about no-code and low-code automation functionalities, also known as Okta Workflows
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description:

Identity and access management (IAM) is a set of policies and technologies used to ensure an organization's security, by carefully assigning roles and access to users and devices. This book will get you up and running with Okta, an IAM service that can help you manage both employees and customers.

The book begins by helping you understand how Okta can be used as an IAM platform, before teaching you about Universal Directory and how to integrate with other directories and apps, as well as set up groups and policies for Joiner, Mover, and Leaver flows.

This updated edition helps you to explore agentless desktop single sign-on (SSO) and multifactor authentication (MFA) solutions, and showing how to utilize Okta to meet NIST requirements. The chapters also walk you through Okta Workflows, low-/no-code automation functionalities, and custom API possibilities used to improve lifecycle management. Finally, you'll delve into API access auditing and management, where you'll discover how to leverage Advanced Server Access (ASA) for your cloud servers.

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

What You Will Learn:

• Get a clear overview of Okta's advanced features
• Integrate Okta with directories and applications using hands-on instructions
• Get practical recommendations on managing policies for SSO, MFA, and lifecycle management
• Discover how to manage groups and group rules for Joiner, Mover, Leaver events in Okta using examples
• Manage your Okta tenants using APIs and oversee API access with Okta
• Set up and manage your organization's Okta environment, ensuring a secure IAM practice
• Find out how to extend your Okta experience with Workflows and ASA

Who this book is for:

If you are an IT consultant, business decision-maker, system administrator, system and security engineer, or anyone looking 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 to understand the topics present in this book.

深入了解零信任、身份和存取管理（IAM）以及Okta的基礎知識，同時學習如何透過逐步指示進行基礎配置，以協助您管理自己的租戶。

主要特點：
- 了解如何在組織中完整使用Okta進行身份和存取管理
- 探索無代理桌面單一登錄、多因素驗證和生命周期管理等功能，以提升安全性
- 了解無代碼和低代碼自動化功能，也稱為Okta Workflows
- 購買印刷版或Kindle電子書，可獲得免費PDF電子書

書籍描述：
身份和存取管理（IAM）是一組用於確保組織安全性的政策和技術，通過精心分配角色和存取權限給用戶和設備。本書將帶您深入了解Okta，這是一個可以幫助您管理員工和客戶的IAM服務。

本書首先幫助您了解Okta如何作為IAM平台使用，然後教您如何使用Universal Directory與其他目錄和應用程式進行整合，以及設置Joiner、Mover和Leaver流程的群組和策略。

本更新版幫助您探索無代理桌面單一登錄（SSO）和多因素驗證（MFA）解決方案，並展示如何利用Okta滿足NIST要求。本書的章節還將引導您使用Okta Workflows、低/無代碼自動化功能和自定義API功能，以改善生命周期管理。最後，您將深入研究API存取審計和管理，並了解如何利用Advanced Server Access（ASA）來管理雲伺服器。

通過閱讀本書，您將學習如何實施Okta以增強組織的安全性，並能夠將本書作為Okta認證考試的參考指南。

學到什麼：
- 清晰了解Okta的高級功能
- 使用實踐指南將Okta與目錄和應用程式進行整合
- 在SSO、MFA和生命周期管理方面管理策略的實用建議
- 通過示例了解如何在Okta中管理群組和群組規則，以應對Joiner、Mover和Leaver事件
- 使用API管理您的Okta租戶，並監控API存取
- 設置和管理組織的Okta環境，確保安全的IAM實踐
- 了解如何使用Workflows和ASA擴展您的Okta體驗

適合閱讀對象：
如果您是IT顧問、業務決策者、系統管理員、系統和安全工程師，或者任何希望使用Okta規劃、設計和實施身份和存取管理解決方案的人，本書適合您。理解身份驗證和授權的基礎知識對於理解本書中的主題是必要的。