Absolute Secure Access - RSA Ready Implementation Guide
2 years ago
Certified: November 23, 2023

Solution Summary

This guide describes Absolute Secure Access integration with RSA (or ID Plus) using SAML 2.0. Use this information to determine which use case and integration type your deployment will employ.

Use Case

Absolute Secure Access can be integrated with RSA using SSO and Relying Party. When integrated, users must authenticate with RSA to sign in to Absolute Secure Access.

Integration Types 

My Page SSO provides Single-Sign-On (SSO) to Absolute secure access users leveraging RSA self-service portal, My Page. When integrated, users must authenticate with RSA to sign in to Absolute secure access. Both SP-initiated SSO and IdP-initiated SSO are supported.
Modern Cloud-hosted SSO with My Page replaces the existing SAML SSO support with the IDR. 

Relying Party integration allows Absolute Secure Access users’ web browsers to be automatically redirected to RSA Cloud Authentication Service for authentication. With Relying Party integration, Cloud Authentication Service can manage only additional authentication or both primary authentication (for example, user ID and password) and additional authentication.

Supported Features 

This section shows all the supported features by integration type and by RSA components. Use this information to determine which integration type and RSA component your deployment will use. The next section in this guide contains the instruction steps for how to integrate RSA with Absolute Secure Access using each integration type. 

Absolute Secure Access Integration with RSA Cloud Authentication Service

Authentication MethodsRSA MFA API (REST)RADIUSRelying PartyMy Page SSO
Approve--
LDAP Password--
SecurID OTP--
Authenticate OTP--
Device Biometrics--
SMS OTP--
Voice OTP--
FIDO Security Key--
Emergency Access Code--
QR Code--
 

Absolute Secure Access Integration with RSA Authentication Manager

Authentication MethodsRSA MFA API (REST)RADIUSAuthentication Agent
RSA SecurID---
On Demand Authentication---
Risk-Based Authentication---
 
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-Not supported
n/tNot yet tested or documented, but may be possible
n/aNot applicable

 Configuration Summary

This section contains instruction steps that show how to integrate Absolute Secure Access with RSA using all of the integration types.
This document is not intended to suggest optimum installations or configurations. It is assumed that the reader has both working knowledge of all products involved, and the ability to perform the tasks outlined in this section. Administrators should have access to the product documentation for all products to install the required components.
All RSA and Absolute Secure Access components must be installed and working prior to the integration.
This section of the guide includes links to the appropriate sections for configuring both sides for each use case.

Integration Configuration

RSA Cloud Authentication Service

RSA Terminology Changes

The following table describes the differences in the terminologies used in the different versions of RSA products and components. 
Previous VersionNew VersionExamples/Comments
Company IDOrganization ID 
AccountCredential 
TokenOTP CredentialSecurID OTP Credential
TokencodeOTP/Access CodeSecurID OTP, SMS OTP, Voice OTP
Emergency Access Code, Disable Access Code
Hardware TokenHardware Authenticator 
Device Serial NumberBinding ID 
DeviceCredential/Authenticator 
Device Registration CodeRegistration Code 
Authenticate AppAuthenticator App 
 

Certification Details

RSA Cloud Authentication Service
Absolute Secure Access client and server versions 13.0x
Absolute Secure Access client and server versions 12.7x

Known Issues

No known issues