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Purpose: To provide users with an understanding of Okta and Midway SSO technologies and their usage. Prerequisite: Okta account required. Audience: Okta account users. |
1. Overview
1.1 What is Okta?
Okta is a Single Sign-On provider. Single Sign-On, or SSO, is a convenient authentication method that allows you to access multiple applications with the same set of credentials instead of needing to remember each set of usernames and passwords per application.
As seen below, the Okta Dashboard will present the applications you have access to that use Okta for logging in. To access an application, select the application tile and you will be automatically redirected to the application and signed into your account. You can access your Studios Okta Dashboard via the link here, by entering in your Amazon Email and PIN.
Studios Okta Dashboard:
1.2 What is Midway?
Midway is an application that interoperates with Federate to validate authentication for all Amazon personnel.
1.3 What are the benefits of using Okta and Midway?
This change is part of the broader Studios Identity initiative to provide a streamlined single-sign-on (SSO) experience. Benefits include:
- Making Access Easier: When using a SSO application, you will not need to re-authenticate to access the same application or any other SSO applications for the following 8 hours.
- Simplifying Password Management: You will be able to use a single set of credentials to access all SSO applications, removing the need for multiple usernames and passwords across different applications.
- Improved Security: SSO enhances Amazon Studios security posture helping to further protect your accounts.
1.4 How do I access my applications that use Okta/Midway?
Some applications use both Okta and Midway to replace their local sign-in methods and other applications may just use Midway.
When using an application that uses both Okta and Midway for logging in, your experience will look like the below steps:
1. Enter your amazon alias into Okta.
2. Enter your PIN and Token into Midway.
3. You will be redirected and logged into the application.
When you access an application that solely uses Midway for logging in, your experience will look like the steps below:
1. Enter your PIN and Token into Midway.
2. You will be redirected and logged into the application.