As more enterprises move toward digital transformation, the need to integrate identity management systems across physical and digital environments becomes essential. Okta, a leading identity and access management (IAM) solution, allows organizations to seamlessly manage user identities for IT systems. But what about physical security systems, such as door access, security badges and operational controls? Such situations call for the integration of Okta with Alert Enterprise’s Guardian Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) system through the Okta Connector.
The Challenge: Bridging the Gap Between IT and Physical Security
For enterprises managing large physical sites, there’s often a disconnect between IT security and physical access control systems (PACS). This can result in fragmented identity management, where employees are authorized digitally but left waiting for manual provisioning of physical access. These delays can hinder operations and open security vulnerabilities. Integrating Okta with Alert Enterprise’s Guardian PIAM seamlessly connects IT access and physical security, ensuring only the right people can access digital and physical resources.
The Solution: Alert Enterprise’s Guardian Okta Connector
The Guardian Okta Connector enables seamless integration of Okta’s identity management with physical access control systems, which helps create a unified identity management framework across an enterprise. Here’s what makes this integration powerful:
Automated Provisioning
Automatically provision and update physical access rights for users based on their Okta profiles with the Okta Connector. When an employee is onboarded in Okta, their physical access credentials (like building access cards or parking privileges) can be automatically provisioned.
Access Reconciliation
The Okta connector offers both full and incremental reconciliation capabilities, ensuring that any changes in an Okta user’s profile or access rights are reflected in the physical access control systems in real-time. For instance, if a user’s role changes in Okta, their building access can be updated accordingly without manual intervention.
Secure and Centralized Management
Leveraging Okta’s robust API, the Okta Connector enables AlertEnterprise Guardian to manage physical access securely through a single platform. This reduces the risk of human error, speeds up processes and maintains compliance with corporate security policies.
Why it Matters for IT and Physical Security Teams
IT and Physical Security teams can greatly benefit from this integration by aligning digital and physical access management. The Okta Connector offers:
Reduced Security Gaps
Unified access management reduces the risk of unauthorized physical access, as users are deactivated or locked out across systems simultaneously.
Streamlined Onboarding and Offboarding
Automate the provisioning/de-provisioning process to eliminate delays in granting or revoking physical access, which ensures tighter control over who can enter restricted areas.
Enhanced Audit Trails
The integration allows for centralized logging and auditing of both digital and physical access activities, making it easier to demonstrate compliance with security regulations.
By bridging the gap between digital and physical security, the Alert Enterprise Guardian Okta Connector helps create a more secure and efficient work environment to support large-scale operations across industries.
The best news?
The Alert Enterprise Guardian Okta Connector works out-of-the-box, with the systems you already have in place. Click below to learn more about our partnership with Okta, how the integration works – and how it fits into your organization.
