Platform implementation
We set up Okta Workforce Identity as the front door to your cloud applications, with provisioning driven from HR and phishing-resistant sign-in that staff use from their first day.
Most Okta work sits in three places: Universal Directory, the sign-on and MFA policies, and the provisioning link to each application. Okta is delivered only as a cloud service, so where its data is hosted is a question for your security office early in the programme. Sign-on policies are then mapped to the authentication expectations in NCA's Essential Cybersecurity Controls in Saudi Arabia and the UAE Information Assurance Regulation.
Delivery starts with the HR system as the profile master in Universal Directory, and the Okta AD agent bridging any on-premises directory. Okta Workflows carries the joiner, mover and leaver logic that standard provisioning cannot, such as mailbox hand-over or licence clean-up, and every flow is exported and tested in an Okta preview org before it reaches production.
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Design, build, integration and run-state support, with each decision recorded for your steering committee.
Before configuration we agree the attribute map from HR into Universal Directory, the group rules that grant application access and the tiers of authentication policy. The information security office and HR sign these off together.
Okta Verify enrolment and FastPass rolled out group by group, with device assurance policies deciding which laptops and phones may reach sensitive applications.
Access requests, approval chains and certification campaigns run inside Okta, so managers review the access their teams hold without spreadsheets.
Custom authorisation servers, scopes and token policies for internal APIs, so services and partner apps receive OAuth tokens under the same governance as staff sign-in.
Okta releases features monthly, many as early-access options an administrator switches on, so we review each release, trial changes in the preview org, and watch System Log events, failed provisioning tasks and MFA enrolment rates.
Okta suits organisations whose applications are mostly SaaS and who want one identity layer that is independent of any productivity suite, including those running Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace side by side.
Share your current systems, compliance themes and integration map. We will return a phased plan, a risk register and a governance model for your stakeholders to review.
