Sometimes when working with various applications you may need to customize or transform the attributes you’re sending in order to make it compatible with the system. For example, your HR system may send over IDs in one format, but the system you’re sending the SAML attributes to are expecting a different format such as a […]
Identity and Access Management
How to Install PingFederate on a Windows Server
I was in the process of rebuilding some of my lab machines and thought it would be a good idea to record the process of installing PingFederate on a Windows Server. Many times you may not get a chance to see this process in production. It could be that either the vendor consultant is doing […]
Want To Start Learning IAM? Configure Your Own Environment in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
I often get questions about how to get started in IAM (Identity and Access Management), specifically, what skills to learn and practice on in order to work in IAM. In my opinion, one of the quickest and most useful ways to get started with understanding IAM is by setting up a cloud platform. No matter […]
Setup Okta as an Identity Provider in AWS IAM Identity Center
I feel the best way to learn a new platform or technology is to use it! I wanted to learn more about Okta so I setup a dev instance and integrated it as an external IdP for a dev instance of AWS IAM Identity Center. Since Identity Center is replacing AWS SSO, I wanted to […]