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Last updated: Sep 15, 2022
Overview
BetterCloud is the #1 Management & Security Tool for Google Apps Administrators.
The Challenge
- IT & security teams struggle to consolidate and visualize the data and controls across SaaS applications
- No automation tools both monitor SaaS events and remediate issues with native SaaS admin actions
- Human error from manual processes for SaaS management pose a significant security risk
- Each application carries its own nuances and limitations when it comes to settings, admin types, and terminology
- Alerting systems lack user and data object context to properly remediate incidents
Provide visibility to remediate activity-based vulnerabilities
Security teams can view 100+ types of alerts related to user and admin activity such as login failures and sensitive data sharing; triage any incidents with detailed user context and then take 200+ remediation admin actions across SaaS apps and Okta.
Visualize all data and controls across SaaS applications
Okta presents a full view of an organization’s users and groups, while BetterCloud enables IT to see the data, settings, and administrator functionality across critical applications and get insights into tough-to-spot SaaS events.
Secure application configurations and entitlements
Protect your SaaS environment by monitoring application security settings, such as configurations, entitlements, and file sharing. BetterCloud can trigger automated remediation sequences when a setting is changed.
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Functionality
Add this integration to enable authentication and provisioning capabilities.
Authentication (SSO)
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API
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Event Hooks
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Inbound Federation
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Inline Hooks
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Outbound Federation
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RADIUS
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SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between an identity provider (IdP) and a service provider (SP) that does not require credentials to be passed to the service provider.
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Workflow Templates
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Workflows Connectors
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SWA
Secure Web Authentication is a Single Sign On (SSO) system developed by Okta to provide SSO for apps that don't support proprietary federated sign-on methods, SAML or OIDC.
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OIDC
OpenID Connect is an extension to the OAuth standard that provides for exchanging Authentication data between an identity provider (IdP) and a service provider (SP) and does not require credentials to be passed from the Identity Provider to the application.
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WS-Federation
Provisioning
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Create
Creates or links a user in the application when assigning the app to a user in Okta.
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Update
Okta updates a user's attributes in the app when the app is assigned. Future attribute changes made to the Okta user profile will automatically overwrite the corresponding attribute value in the app.
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Attribute Sourcing
The application can be defined as the source of truth for a full user profile or as the source of truth for specific attributes on a user profile.
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Deactivate
Deactivates a user's account in the app when it is unassigned in Okta or their Okta account is deactivated. Accounts can be reactivated if the app is reassigned to a user in Okta.
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Sync Password
Push either the users Okta password or a randomly generated password to the app. This feature is not required for all federated applications as user authentication takes place in Okta, however some apps still require a password.
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Group Push
Push existing Okta groups and their memberships to the application. Groups can then be managed in Okta and changes are reflected in the application.
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Group Linking
Link Okta groups to existing groups in the application. Simplifies onboarding an app for Okta provisioning where the app already has groups configured.
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Schema Discovery
Import the user attribute schema from the application and reflect it in the Okta app user profile. Allows Okta to use custom attributes you have configured in the application that were not included in the basic app schema.
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Attribute Writeback
When the application is used as a profile master it is possible to define specific attributes to be sourced from another location and written back to the app. For example the user profile may come from Active Directory with phone number sourced from another app and written back to Active Directory.
Documentation
Here is a section all about documentation, integration, and implementation.
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Blog Post:
How Okta and BetterCloud secure your SaaS user interactions
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Configuration Guide:
Installing BetterCloud for your Okta Domain
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Datasheet:
Okta and BetterCloud: SaaS Operations and Identity Management
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Oktane19:
How Industry Leading Brands Secure User Interactions In SaaS Apps
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Okta Verified
The integration was either created by Okta or by Okta community users and then tested and verified by Okta.