SaaS Security
Onboard a SparkPost App to SSPM
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Onboard a SparkPost App to SSPM
Connect a SparkPost instance to SSPM to detect posture risks.
| Where Can I Use This? | What Do I Need? |
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Or any of the following licenses that include the Data Security license:
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For SSPM to detect posture risks in your SparkPost instance, you must onboard your SparkPost
instance to SSPM. Through the onboarding process, SSPM logs in to SparkPost using
administrator account credentials. SSPM uses this account to scan your SparkPost
instance for misconfigured settings. If there are misconfigured settings, SSPM
suggests a remediation action based on best practices.
SSPM gets access to your SparkPost instance by using Okta SSO credentials that you provide during the
onboarding process. For this reason, your organization must be using Okta as an
identity provider. The Okta account must be configured for multi-factor
authentication (MFA) using one-time passcodes.
To onboard your SparkPost instance, you complete the following actions:
Collect Information for Accessing Your SparkPost Instance
To access your SparkPost instance, SSPM requires the following information, which you
will specify during the onboarding process.
| Item | Description |
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| User email | An email address of an Okta user account.
Required Permissions: The user must be
assigned to the Admin role in SparkPost. |
| Password | The password for the Okta user account. |
| Okta Domain | The Okta subdomain for your organization. The subdomain was included in the login URL that Okta assigned to your organization. |
| MFA Secret Key | A key that is used to generate one-time passcodes for multi-factor authentication. |
As you complete the following steps, make note of the values of the items
described in the preceding table. You will need to enter these values during
onboarding to access your SparkPost instance from SSPM.
- Identify the Okta user account that SSPM will use to access your SparkPost instance. The user account must be assigned to the Admin role in SparkPost. SSPM needs this administrator access to monitor your SparkPost instance.Remember which account you will use to access your SparkPost instance through Okta SSO authentication from SSPM. You will provide the login credentials to SSPM during the onboarding process.
Connect SSPM to Your SparkPost Instance
By adding a SparkPost app in SSPM, you enable SSPM to connect to your SparkPost instance.- From the Add Application page ( ), click the SparkPost tile.Under posture security instances, Add Instance or, if there is already an instance configured, Add New instance.Enter the user credentials, Okta domain, and MFA secret key for accessing your SparkPost instance and Connect.
