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Tutorial: Azure AD SSO integration with The Cloud Security Fabric

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate The Cloud Security Fabric with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). When you integrate The Cloud Security Fabric with Azure AD, you can:

  • Control in Azure AD who has access to The Cloud Security Fabric.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to The Cloud Security Fabric with their Azure AD accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location - the Azure portal.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • An Azure AD subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • The Cloud Security Fabric single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Azure AD SSO in a test environment.

  • The Cloud Security Fabric supports SP initiated SSO.

To configure the integration of The Cloud Security Fabric into Azure AD, you need to add The Cloud Security Fabric from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal using either a work or school account, or a personal Microsoft account.
  2. On the left navigation pane, select the Azure Active Directory service.
  3. Navigate to Enterprise Applications and then select All Applications.
  4. To add new application, select New application.
  5. In the Add from the gallery section, type The Cloud Security Fabric in the search box.
  6. Select The Cloud Security Fabric 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 Azure AD SSO for The Cloud Security Fabric

Configure and test Azure AD SSO with The Cloud Security Fabric using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between an Azure AD user and the related user in The Cloud Security Fabric.

To configure and test Azure AD SSO with The Cloud Security Fabric, perform the following steps:

  1. Configure Azure AD SSO - to enable your users to use this feature.
    1. Create an Azure AD test user - to test Azure AD single sign-on with B.Simon.
    2. Assign the Azure AD test user - to enable B.Simon to use Azure AD single sign-on.
  2. Configure The Cloud Security Fabric SSO - to configure the single sign-on settings on application side.
    1. Create The Cloud Security Fabric test user - to have a counterpart of B.Simon in The Cloud Security Fabric that is linked to the Azure AD representation of user.
  3. Test SSO - to verify whether the configuration works.

Configure Azure AD SSO

Follow these steps to enable Azure AD SSO in the Azure portal.

  1. In the Azure portal, on the The Cloud Security Fabric application integration page, find the Manage section and select Single sign-on.

  2. On the Select a Single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  3. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Edit Basic SAML Configuration

  4. On the Basic SAML Configuration section, perform the following steps:

    a. In the Sign on URL text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Sign on URL
    https://platform.cloudlock.com
    https://app.cloudlock.com

    b. In the Identifier (Entity ID) text box, type a URL using one of the following patterns:

    Identifier
    https://platform.cloudlock.com/gate/saml/sso/<subdomain>
    https://app.cloudlock.com/gate/saml/sso/<subdomain>

    Note

    The Identifier value is not real. Update the value with the actual Identifier. Contact The Cloud Security Fabric Client support team to get the value. You can also refer to the patterns shown in the Basic SAML Configuration section in the Azure portal.

  5. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, find Federation Metadata XML and select Download to download the certificate and save it on your computer.

    The Certificate download link

  6. To Modify the Signing options as per your requirement, click Edit button to open SAML Signing Certificate dialog.

    Saml Response

    a. Select the Sign SAML response and assertion option for Signing Option.

    b. Select the SHA-256 option for Signing Algorithm.

    c. Click Save.

  7. On the Set up The Cloud Security Fabric section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Copy configuration URLs

Create an Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll create a test user in the Azure portal called B.Simon.

  1. From the left pane in the Azure portal, select Azure Active Directory, select Users, and then select All users.
  2. Select New user at the top of the screen.
  3. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User 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. Click Create.

Assign the Azure AD test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use Azure single sign-on by granting access to The Cloud Security Fabric.

  1. In the Azure portal, select Enterprise Applications, and then select All applications.
  2. In the applications list, select The Cloud Security Fabric.
  3. In the app's overview page, find the Manage section and select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
  5. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  6. If you're expecting any role value in the SAML assertion, in the Select Role dialog, select the appropriate role for the user from the list and then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
  7. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure The Cloud Security Fabric SSO

To configure single sign-on on The Cloud Security Fabric side, you need to send the downloaded Federation Metadata XML and appropriate copied URLs from Azure portal to The Cloud Security Fabric support team. They set this setting to have the SAML SSO connection set properly on both sides.

Create The Cloud Security Fabric test user

In this section, you create a user called B.Simon in The Cloud Security Fabric. Work with The Cloud Security Fabric support team to add the users in the The Cloud Security Fabric platform. Users must be created and activated before you use single sign-on.

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application in Azure portal. This will redirect to The Cloud Security Fabric Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to The Cloud Security Fabric Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

  • You can use Microsoft My Apps. When you click the The Cloud Security Fabric tile in the My Apps, this will redirect to The Cloud Security Fabric Sign-on URL. For more information about the My Apps, see Introduction to the My Apps.

Next steps

Once you configure The Cloud Security Fabric 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.