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Tutorial: Microsoft Entra SSO integration with Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication

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In this tutorial, you'll learn how to integrate Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication with Microsoft Entra ID. When you integrate Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication with Microsoft Entra ID, you can:

  • Control in Microsoft Entra ID who has access to Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication.
  • Enable your users to be automatically signed-in to Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication with their Microsoft Entra accounts.
  • Manage your accounts in one central location.

Prerequisites

To get started, you need the following items:

  • A Microsoft Entra subscription. If you don't have a subscription, you can get a free account.
  • Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication single sign-on (SSO) enabled subscription.
  • Along with Cloud Application Administrator, Application Administrator can also add or manage applications in Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Azure built-in roles.

Scenario description

In this tutorial, you configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO in a test environment.

  • Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication supports SP initiated SSO.
  • Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication supports Automated user provisioning.

Note

Identifier of this application is a fixed string value so only one instance can be configured in one tenant.

Add Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication from the gallery

To configure the integration of Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication into Microsoft Entra ID, you need to add Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication from the gallery to your list of managed SaaS apps.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > New application.
  3. In the Add from the gallery section, type Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication in the search box.
  4. Select Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication 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 Microsoft Entra SSO for Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication

Configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication using a test user called B.Simon. For SSO to work, you need to establish a link relationship between a Microsoft Entra user and the related user in Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication.

To configure and test Microsoft Entra SSO with Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication, perform the following steps:

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

Configure Microsoft Entra SSO

Follow these steps to enable Microsoft Entra SSO.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.

  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication > Single sign-on.

  3. On the Select a single sign-on method page, select SAML.

  4. On the Set up single sign-on with SAML page, click the pencil icon for Basic SAML Configuration to edit the settings.

    Screenshot shows to edit Basic S A M L Configuration.

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

    a. In the Identifier text box, type the URL: https://mailcontrol.com/sp_metadata.xml

    b. In the Reply URL text box, type the URL: https://proxy-login.blackspider.com/

    c. In the Sign-on URL text box, type the URL: https://forcepoint.com

  6. On the Set up Single Sign-On with SAML page, in the SAML Signing Certificate section, click Download to download the Federation Metadata XML from the given options as per your requirement and save it on your computer.

    Screenshot shows the Certificate download link.

  7. On the Set up Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication section, copy the appropriate URL(s) based on your requirement.

    Screenshot shows to copy appropriate configuration U R L.

Create a Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll create a test user called B.Simon.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a User Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Users > All users.
  3. Select New user > Create new user, at the top of the screen.
  4. In the User properties, follow these steps:
    1. In the Display name field, enter B.Simon.
    2. In the User principal 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. Select Review + create.
  5. Select Create.

Assign the Microsoft Entra test user

In this section, you'll enable B.Simon to use single sign-on by granting access to Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication.

  1. Sign in to the Microsoft Entra admin center as at least a Cloud Application Administrator.
  2. Browse to Identity > Applications > Enterprise applications > Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication.
  3. In the app's overview page, select Users and groups.
  4. Select Add user/group, then select Users and groups in the Add Assignment dialog.
    1. In the Users and groups dialog, select B.Simon from the Users list, then click the Select button at the bottom of the screen.
    2. If you are expecting a role to be assigned to the users, you can select it from the Select a role dropdown. If no role has been set up for this app, you see "Default Access" role selected.
    3. In the Add Assignment dialog, click the Assign button.

Configure Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication SSO

  1. Log in to your Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication company site as an administrator.

  2. Go to Web > SETTINGS and click Single Sign-On.

  3. In the Single Sign-On page, perform the following steps:

    Screenshot that shows the Single Sign-On Configuration.

    a. Enable Use identity provider for single sign-on checkbox.

    b. Select Identity provider from the dropdown.

    c. Upload the Federation Metadata XML file into the File upload textbox by clicking Browse option.

    d. Click Save.

Create Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication test user

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

Test SSO

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

  • Click on Test this application, this will redirect to Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication Sign-on URL where you can initiate the login flow.

  • Go to Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication Sign-on URL directly and initiate the login flow from there.

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

Next steps

Once you configure Forcepoint Cloud Security Gateway - User Authentication 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.