Tutorial: Microsoft Entra single sign-on (SSO) integration with Cequence Application Security Platform

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10/23/2023

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Cequence Application Security Platform with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Cequence Application Security Platform with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Cequence Application Security Platform.
Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Cequence Application Security Platform with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
Cequence Application Security Platform single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

Cequence Application Security Platform supports SP initiated SSO
Cequence Application Security Platform supports Just In Time user provisioning

Adding Cequence Application Security Platform from the gallery

To configure the integration of Cequence Application Security Platform into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Cequence Application Security Platform from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
In the Add from the gallery section, type Cequence Application Security Platform in the search box.
Select Cequence Application Security Platform from results panel and then add the app. Wait a few seconds while the app is added to your tenant.

Alternatively, you can also use the Enterprise App Configuration Wizard. In this wizard, you can add an application to your tenant, add users/groups to the app, assign roles, as well as walk through the SSO configuration as well. Learn more about Microsoft 365 wizards.

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO for Cequence Application Security Platform

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Cequence Application Security Platform using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Cequence Application Security Platform.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Cequence Application Security Platform, perform the following steps:

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
1. Create a Microsoft Entra test user - to test Microsoft Entra single sign-on with B.Simon.
2. Assign the Microsoft Entra test user - to enable B.Simon to use Microsoft Entra single sign-on.
Configure Cequence Application Security Platform SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
1. Create Cequence Application Security Platform test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in Cequence Application Security Platform that is linked to the Microsoft Entra representation of user.
Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Cequence Application Security Platform > Single sign-on.
On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the edit/pen icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.
On the Basic SAML Configuration section, enter the values for the following fields:

a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CUSTOMERNAME>.s.cequence.cloud

b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using the following pattern: https://<CUSTOMERNAME>.s.cequence.cloud:443/saml/metadata

Note

These values are not real. Update these values with the actual Sign on URL and Identifier. Contact Cequence Application Security Platform Client support team to get these values. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section.
Cequence Application Security Platform application expects the SAML assertions in a specific format, which requires you to add custom attribute mappings to your SAML token attributes configuration. The following screenshot shows the list of default attributes.
In addition to above, Cequence Application Security Platform application expects few more attributes to be passed back in SAML response which are shown below. These attributes are also pre populated but you can review them as per your requirements.

Name Source Attribute

Group user.groups
On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, In the SAML Signing Certificate section, click copy button to copy App Federation Metadata Url and save it on your computer.

Name	Source Attribute
Group	user.groups

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
In the User properties, follow these steps:
1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
2. In the User principal name field, enter the username@companydomain.extension. For example, B.Simon@contoso.com.
3. Select the Show password check box, and then write down the value that's displayed in the Password box.
4. Select Review + create.
Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Cequence Application Security Platform.

Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Cequence Application Security Platform.
In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Cequence Application Security Platform SSO

To configure single sign-on on Cequence Application Security Platform side, you need to send the App Federation Metadata Url to Cequence Application Security Platform support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create Cequence Application Security Platform test user

In this section, a user called Britta Simon is created in Cequence Application Security Platform. Cequence Application Security Platform supports just-in-time user provisioning, which is enabled by default. There is no action item for you in this section. If a user doesn't already exist in Cequence Application Security Platform, a new one is created after authentication.

Test SSO

In this section, you test your Microsoft Entra single sign-on configuration with following options.

Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Cequence Application Security Platform Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.
Go to Cequence Application Security Platform Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.
You can use Microsoft Access Panel. When you click the Cequence Application Security Platform tile in the Access Panel, this will redirect to Cequence Application Security Platform Sign-on URL. For more information about the Access Panel, see Introduction to the Access Panel.

Next steps

Once you configure Cequence Application Security Platform you can enforce session control, which protects exfiltration and infiltration of your organization’s sensitive data in real time. Session control extends from Conditional Access. Learn how to enforce session control with Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps.