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Connecting Okta and CIEM

Once you have configured your Okta account, you can connect it to display the total effective access users have to your cloud systems and resources.

You can connect SailPoint CIEM using a single SaaS connector or by configuring both a virtual appliance (VA) and CIEM Okta connector.

When you have completed your SaaS or VA connection, you will aggregate your accounts and entitlements and mark the entitlements related to cloud access. This will allow you to view the cloud access granted through entitlements and include those entitlements in certification campaigns.

Onboarding SailPoint CIEM Using the Okta SaaS Connector

If you are using Okta SaaS, follow the connector guide to enable SailPoint CIEM.

After a successful test connection, you can mark the entitlement types that grant cloud access.

Note

If you previously configured both the Okta SaaS and CIEM Okta connectors, you do not need to take additional action to continue receiving your data.

Onboarding SailPoint CIEM Using a VA-Based Source

If you are onboarding SailPoint CIEM using a VA-based connector, you must configure both the Okta VA-based identity governance and CIEM Okta cloud governance connectors.
Okta VA-based connector Allows you to manage your Okta users and groups in Identity Security Cloud on a virtual appliance (VA).

If your organization has licensed SailPoint CIEM, it will also gather data about the AWS access granted to users through their Okta management groups.
SailPoint CIEM Okta cloud governance connector Works with your Okta identity governance connector to collect cloud resource data and display the total access an identity has to your cloud systems.

You may connect your Okta identity governance and SailPoint CIEM Okta cloud governance sources in any order.

After you've connected and aggregated your accounts and entitlements, you will mark the entitlements related to cloud access. This will allow you to view the cloud access granted through entitlements and include those entitlements in certification campaigns.

Connecting the Okta VA-Based Source

Follow the SailPoint Okta connector guide. You must then also use the CIEM Okta connector to display all access users have to your cloud resources.

Connecting SailPoint CIEM Okta

In addition to your Okta VA-based connection, you will also use the CIEM Okta source to pull daily data about the cloud resources your Okta IaaS users can access.

To create your CIEM Okta source:

  1. Go to Admin > Connections > Sources > Create New.

  2. Find the CIEM Okta source type and select Configure.

  3. Enter a source name.

  4. Enter a description for your source.

  5. In the Source Owner field, begin typing the name of an owner. Matches appear after you type two letters.

  6. (Optional) Select a governance group for source management.

  7. Select Continue.

  8. Select Connection Settings.

  9. Enter the URL where your organization's Okta instance is hosted in the Okta URL field. This must match the Okta URL in your identity governance Okta connector.

  10. Enter your Okta API token in the Application Token field. If you are using an API token to authenticate your Okta identity governance source, they must match.
  11. Enter the Application ID of your configured Okta instance. You can enter multiple application IDs separated by commas.
  12. Select Save.
  13. Select Review and Test.

  14. Review the configuration details and select Test Connection. A successful test is required for SailPoint CIEM to gather data for this source.

    Note

    If the test connection fails, you can use the Search query name:“Test_connection Source Failed” for more information.

After a successful test connection, you can set the source scope or move on to marking the entitlement types that grant cloud access.

Setting Source Scope for VA-Based Connections

By default, SailPoint CIEM reads and automatically discovers changes to your cloud infrastructure, which are displayed in the Cloud Scopes section of your SailPoint CIEM source configuration. If you are using a VA, you can choose to exclude scopes to prevent SailPoint CIEM from including data for those accounts.

To change the scope of your included source data:

  1. In the CIEM Okta source, select Cloud Scopes under Aggregation and Provisioning.
  2. Use the checkboxes to change which accounts are included. Removing a scope disables Auto-Include Scopes.
  3. Select Save.

SailPoint CIEM will now only read and include data from your selected scopes. When Auto-Include Scopes is disabled, new and deleted accounts in your cloud system will be detected, but they will not be automatically included in your SailPoint CIEM data until you select them individually or reenable Auto-Include Scopes.

Notes

  • You can search for scopes as well as filter by selected and unselected scopes.
  • The Last Refreshed time is when changes to your source inventory were last detected by SailPoint CIEM. This is separate from aggregation.

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