Okta plays a pivotal role in many enterprise organizations, acting as the go-to platform for Single Sign-On(SSO) and Identity and Access Management (IAM). In today’s fast-paced, digital-first world, maintaining a strong security posture and reducing risk are top priorities. Okta helps organizations achieve this by streamlining identity management, ensuring secure access, and minimizing vulnerabilities across your environment. But as cloud and hybrid cloud environments grow in complexity, having deeper and more holistic insights becomes a must. That’s where JupiterOne comes in—it takes Okta data to the next level, making it easier to dig into the details and turn asset data into actionable insights.
The Okta Data Model: Mapping Your Identity Landscape
The JupiterOne integration with Okta leverages a robust data model that ingests and maps critical assets, relationships, and properties throughout an organization's IAM ecosystem. Here’s an overview of the Okta asset classes and the use cases made possible by leveraging the rich, detailed data.
1. User Status at a Glance
Understand who has access to what within your organization is critical for maintaining a strong security posture and reducing risks. Without a clear view of active, inactive, or overprivileged accounts, your IAM system can become a vulnerability, leaving your organization exposed to potential threats. JupiterOne captures details like whether a user is active, suspended, or inactive, their assigned applications, groups, and tokens, as well as properties such as MFA enrollment and device assignments.
Find okta_user with status = "ACTIVE"
2. Auditing IAM Role and Policy Assignments
Enforcing the principle of least privilege ensures that users, applications, and services have only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks, reducing exposure to potential threats. By mapping these roles and their relationships with JupiterOne, security teams can gain clarity on permission structures and identify overprovisioned accounts that need adjustment. Okta role asset details captured include: permissions assigned to users, applications, and services.
FIND okta_user AS user
THAT ASSIGNED aws_iam_role AS role
THAT ASSIGNED aws_iam_policy AS policy
RETURN role.name, policy.name, COUNT(user) AS userCount
3. Enforcement of Security Configurations
Ensuring that access controls, password policies, and other security settings align with organizational requirements and compliance standards is crucial for maintaining a strong security posture. Okta rules enable organizations to define and enforce key security policies, such as password complexity, login attempt limits, and access restrictions based on user behavior or location. By mapping and continuously monitoring these rules, security teams can ensure consistent policy enforcement across users, devices, and applications, while proactively identifying and addressing misconfigurations or outdated settings that could pose risks.
FIND User AS U
that ASSIGNED Application AS App
that CONNECTS aws_account AS AWS
RETURN
U.displayName AS User,
App.tag.AccountName AS IdP,
App.displayName AS ssoApplication,
App.signOnMode AS signOnMode,
AWS.displayName AS awsAccount
Enhancing Okta and IAM Management
With JupiterOne, you can centralize and query your Okta data across multiple tools, making it easier to uncover hidden risks and optimize your security posture. Whether it’s identifying overprivileged users, enforcing MFA, or auditing inactive accounts, JupiterOne provides the visibility and context needed to make informed decisions.
Key Benefits:
- Real-Time Insights: Continuously monitor changes in user access and permissions.
- Query-Driven Analysis: Quickly answer complex security questions without manual effort.
- Risk Reduction: Identify and remediate gaps in your IAM implementation.
Start exploring your Okta data with JupiterOne today and unlock actionable insights that drive proactive security. Learn more about our Okta integration in the JupiterOne documentation, or schedule a live demo to see it in action.
