About third-party authentication

What is an identity provider?

Benefits of using an identity provider

Using an identity provider has the following benefits:

• Advanced authentication requirements, such as using smartcards or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), can be imposed to increase confidence that a user is who they say they are.
• User deactivation is aligned with the customers' own internal policies. For example, when an employee leaves the company or is on an extended leave of absence.
• Separates the authentication process (verifying identity) from the authorization process (granting access rights).
• Using single sign-on (SSO), one user authentication can grant access to multiple IT systems or even organizations.
  Note:

  Security Center SaaS only uses an external identity provider for user authentication. Authorization is handled internally.

What third-party authentication methods does Security Center SaaS support?

• Microsoft Entra ID (using OpenID Connect)
• OpenID Connect (OIDC) compliant identity providers (such as Okta, OneLogin, Google Workspace, PingFederate, and so on)

Single sign-on (SSO)

Single sign-on (SSO) is the use of a single user authentication for multiple IT systems or even organizations. Organizations can integrate their corporate identity provider with Security Center SaaS to simplify the sign-in and authentication process. This gives you greater control over authentication policies such as the identity life cycle, multi-factor authentication (MFA) requirements, password complexity rules, and so on.