DATA SHEET | OCTOBER 2021

Fast and Secure Connectivity to the

Cloud with Seamless Single Sign On

The Challenge
Today’s modern enterprises must move from traditional ‘castle and moat’ perimeter-based security to secure connectivity as
a service delivered in the cloud based on zero trust principles. Enterprise IT needs to connect users quickly and securely to
any cloud application from anywhere.

The Solution
Together the iboss Cloud Platform and Okta, a Gartner® leader¹, provide enterprises with the ability to execute seamless,
secure and accelerated cloud security transformation.

The iboss Cloud Platform integrates with Okta to enable employees to securely connect from to any application on any
device while working from anywhere.

The combination of iboss and Okta enables your organization to:

• Accelerate IT adoption of a zero trust access security architecture

• Enable remote access for employees to connect easily to all their cloud applications from anywhere

• Automate provisioning and deprovisioning of users to the cloud with ease

With iboss and Okta you can apply security policy to any employee no matter where they work or what device they use.

How We Do It

iboss and Okta utilize Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) standards to make deployment easy. Users are easily
able to authenticate via single sign-on and IT can securely control what applications users can access based on zero trust
policies configured based on user role. General internet traffic is also easily controlled via the iboss cloud gateway. The iboss
integration with Okta enables just in time provisioning of users and immediate policy application and enforcement.

¹Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management, November 2020.

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iboss and Okta Identity: How It Works
About iboss ®

iboss is a cloud security

1. iboss Cloud Connector redirects the user to iboss (the
cloud service provider (SP)). company that enables
the modern workforce to
2. iboss creates a SAML authentication request token
connect securely and directly
and responds with a redirect to Okta (the identity
provider (IdP)). to all applications from
wherever they work. Built
3. The user follows a redirect to Okta
on a containerized cloud
to authenticate.
architecture, iboss delivers
4. User authenticates to Okta. security capabilities such as
SWG, malware defense, RBI,
5. Okta sends the SAML assertion to iboss via the
Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL. CASB and data loss prevention
to all connections via the cloud,
6. iboss validates the SAML assertion and sends SAML
instantaneously and at scale.
session token to the iboss Cloud Connector.
This eliminates the need for
7. Session starts. traditional network security
appliances, such as VPNs,
The iboss and Okta Advantage firewalls and web gateway
proxies, which are ineffective
With iboss and Okta enterprises are able to: at protecting a cloud-first and
mobile world. Leveraging a
• Securely connect any user working anywhere to any application from any device purpose-built cloud architecture
backed by 230+ issued and
• Accelerate and secure the adoption of cloud and cloud delivered business pending patents and more
solutions than 100 points of presence
globally, iboss processes over
• Secure users and data seamlessly for a great end user experience 150 billion transactions daily,
blocking 4 billion threats per
• Simplify IT tasks of provisioning, deprovisioning and compliance reporting iboss
day. More than 4,000 global
cloud admins
enterprises trust the iboss
Cloud Platform to support their
About Okta modern workforces, including
a large number of Fortune 50
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta
companies. To learn more,
Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right visit www.iboss.com
technologies at the right time. With over 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications
and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely use the best
technologies for their business. More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue,
Nordstrom, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to help
protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
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