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Ensure application assignments are configured through groups

You can grant users access to applications directly or through groups. The latter is preferred because it greatly simplifies access management.

Category

Controls

Medium

Applies to

Okta

Coverage

1 queries

Asset types

1 covered

Overview

You can grant users access to applications directly or through groups. The latter is preferred because it greatly simplifies access management.

Remediation guidance

Go to the Groups page, under the Directory section, in the Okta Admin Dashboard, select or create the group, and on the Applications tab, press Assign applications. Now, you can remove the individual user assignment. We recommend following the assignment conversion process described in the Okta documentation.

Service-wide remediation

Recommended when many resources are affected: fix the platform baseline first so new resources inherit the secure setting, then remediate the existing flagged resources in batches.

Okta

Use tenant-wide sign-on policies, MFA policies, admin-role governance, and identity lifecycle automation so the control is enforced centrally.

Operational rollout

  1. Fix the baseline first at the account, subscription, project, cluster, or tenant scope that owns this control.
  2. Remediate the currently affected resources in batches, starting with internet-exposed and production assets.
  3. Re-scan and track approved exceptions with an owner and expiry date.

Query logic

These are the stored checks tied to this control.

Application assignments are configured through groups

Connectors

Okta

Covered asset types

User

Expected check: eq []

users(where: { applicationsConnection_SOME: {edge: {scope_NOT: "GROUP"}}}) {...AssetFragment}
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