From the course: IAM Fundamentals with Okta

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Defining hierarchies and automating group access control

Defining hierarchies and automating group access control

From the course: IAM Fundamentals with Okta

Defining hierarchies and automating group access control

- [Instructor] So let's talk about hierarchies in Okta and how that works. Let me paint a scenario for you. We have the marketing team, but let's say we also have the IT security team. Those are two different groups out there. But what if I have people in the marketing team that can also sometimes shadow and be the IT team, but I don't want each forum to have access to each other's groups. How do I do that in Okta? The simple way for us to do that is we can come here and create a hierarchy of how our groups are managed. So, for our intents and purposes, let's go and create the IT security team and show you what I mean by that. So let's go and create this IT Security Team. And "This is the group who handles IT security." And let's save. And for this group, let's put Victor in here. So, come to the team, assign people, and we come, and let's add Victor to here. Now, what if Victor is part of IT security team, but maybe Lynn sometimes is also too? I'm going to add her to this group also.…

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