Today, BeyondID is thrilled to announce that we have achieved Diamond Partner status with Okta. This milestone achievement sets a new standard for Managed Identity Services Providers. Okta is the best-in-class IAM platform, as well as the pioneer in creating the Identity Cloud. This achievement is a testament not only to the success of our long…

Okta's integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows end users to authenticate to one or more AWS accounts and gain access to specific roles using single sign-on with SAML.  Here’s how you can further secure this integration with multi-factor authentication (MFA) access using Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) and dynamic session tags. By…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to create a custom list filter? Getting started Let’s say you want to get a list of all user groups in your organization that start with a particular text…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: ​​Translate an Okta user ID into a Google user ID? Getting started Say you’re doing an offboarding workflow, and want to trigger offboarding based on the user…

Part one of a multi-part series “Identity is the perimeter of security.” I was introduced to this phrase in 2012 after my manager returned from a conference. He scrawled that phrase at the top of the whiteboard in his office, and there it stayed until I eventually moved on from that organization in late 2013. Though I had already spent seven years…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How do you trigger a flow? Getting started There are six ways to trigger a flow. They are Schedule (flow runs periodically) Event (flow is called when a…

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes.  This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to send an email with an attachment? Getting started Workflows has three connectors to send emails:  Gmail Office 365 Mail SendGrid Usually, the quickest way…

You may be curious to find out how products and solutions are developed, implemented, adopted, and operated. The history of standards is a fascinating place to start.  Standards are well-defined, abstract interfaces that enable industries to develop and thrive. These interfaces ensure ecosystem players with different roles can work together and…

80% of the organizations are operating a hybrid IT model, according to the 2022 Flexera State of the Cloud Report. For many of these organizations, identity is playing a pivotal role in simplifying IT operations, enabling superior end user experience, and upholding security posture. Innovators such as Avery Dennison are using Okta Access Gateway…

Ever dreamed of being Splunk’s Boss of the SOC (BOTS)? Splunk launched “BOTS Partner Experiences” to let you do that with real-life experiences that expose you to more data sets—especially ones similar to what you might find in your real-world environments. With identity-based attacks becoming the predominant conduit for credential compromises,…