Overview

Welcome to Iden. This guide will walk you through the two most important first steps: connecting your first application and inviting your team. By the end, you will have Iden pulling in user and access data from your tools and your colleagues set up to help you manage it.

Iden is an identity governance platform (a tool that helps you see and control who has access to which software in your organization). It connects to the SaaS applications (cloud-based software tools) your company uses, such as Slack, GitHub, and Salesforce.

What you will set up

Connecting an app - Iden works with your SaaS tools by linking to them using one of three methods: OAuth (a secure sign-in handshake), SCIM (an industry-standard way to sync user accounts automatically), or browser-based automation. Once connected, Iden pulls in your users, groups, and permissions automatically and keeps that information up to date.

Inviting your team - Iden uses roles to control who can do what in the dashboard. You will add your IT and security colleagues with the right role for their responsibilities. Options range from full Super Admin access down to read-only views.

Recommended setup order

Follow these steps in order to get the most out of Iden quickly.

1. Connect a few of your most important apps. This is where Iden gets its data from.
2. Invite your IT or security colleagues so they can help configure and manage access.
3. Review App Settings to set up approval workflows and decide what happens to accounts when someone leaves.
4. Start governing: run an access review, set up access request tickets, or connect the Slack bot.