Tinfoil Security cloud application

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With Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), your users can sign in to enterprise cloud applications with their Google Cloud credentials.

Set up SSO via SAML for Tinfoil Security

Before you begin

Before configuring SSO, do the following:

1. Get the account ID for your organization from Tinfoil Security.
2. In Admin console, create a custom user attribute for account ID, then add the account ID to the User information page for any Tinfoil Security users in your organization. 

Follow these steps:

1. In Tinfoil Security, click My Account  Security  SSO. 
2. Copy the account ID value.
3. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

4. In the Admin console, go to Menu  DirectoryUsers.
5. At the top of Users list, click MoreManage custom attributes.
   
6. At the top right, click Add Custom Attribute.
7. Configure the first custom attribute as follows:
   • Category: Tinfoil Security
   • Description: Tinfoil Security Custom Attributes

   For Custom fields, enter the following:

   • Name: Account ID
   • Info type: Text
   • Visibility: Visible to organization
   • No. of values: Single Value
8. Click Add.

9. For Tinfoil Security users in your organization, update their user profiles to include the Account ID custom attribute. 

Step 1: Set up Google as a SAML identity provider (IdP)

 

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Click Add appSearch for apps.
4. Enter TinfoilSecurity in the search field.
5. In the search results, hover over the Tinfoil Security SAML app and click Select.
6. On the Google Identity Provider details page:
   • Copy and save the SSO URL and the Entity ID.
   • Download the Certificate.
7. Click Continue.
8. On the Service provider details page, keep all the default values. 
9. Click Continue.
10. On the Attribute mapping page, click the Select field menu and map the custom Account ID attribute you created in Before you begin to the corresponding Tinfoil Security attribute:
     

    Google directory attribute	Tinfoil Security attribute
    Tinfoil Security > Account ID	accountid

11. (Optional) If you want to send a user’s group membership information in the SAML response, enter the group names that are relevant for this app in the Group membership field.

    1. Under Google groups, click in the Search for a group entry field.
    2. Type one or more letters of the group name.
    3. Choose the group name from the dropdown list.
    4. Add additional groups as needed (total groups cannot exceed 75).
    5. Under App attribute, enter the service provider’s corresponding groups attribute name.

    Note: Regardless of how many group names you enter, the SAML response will only include groups that a user is a member of (directly or indirectly). For more information, see About group membership mapping.

12. Click Finish.

Step 2: Set up Tinfoil Security as a SAML 2.0 service provider (SP)

1. Open a new incognito browser window.
2. Sign in to https://www.tinfoilsecurity.com with your organization's Tinfoil Security administrator account.

3. Select My Account on the right. 

4. Click Security on the left.

5. Check Enable SAML.

6. Select Manual Configuration.

7. In the SAML Post URL field, enter the SSO URL you copied in step 1.

8. In the SAML Certificate Fingerprint field, paste the certificate you downloaded in step 1.

9. Enter your administrator password and click Save.

Step 3: Enable the Tinfoil Security app

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Tinfoil Security.
4. Click User access.

5. To turn on or off a service for everyone in your organization, click On for everyone or Off for everyone, and then click Save.

6. (Optional) To turn a service on or off for an organizational unit:

   1. At the left, select the organizational unit.
   2. To change the Service status, select On or Off.
   3. Choose one:
      • If the Service status is set to Inherited and you want to keep the updated setting, even if the parent setting changes, click Override.
      • If the Service status is set to Overridden, either click Inherit to revert to the same setting as its parent, or click Save to keep the new setting, even if the parent setting changes.
        Note: Learn more about organizational structure.

7. (Optional) Turn on the service for a group of users.
   Use access groups to turn on a service for specific users within or across your organizational units. Learn more

8. Ensure that your Tinfoil Security user account email IDs match those in your Google domain.

Step 4: Verify that the SSO is working

Note: Tinfoil Security only supports IdP initiated SSO. You can’t use SSO if you sign in directly to Tinfoil Security.

1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

   Sign in using an account with super administrator privileges (does not end in @gmail.com).

2. In the Admin console, go to Menu  AppsWeb and mobile apps.
3. Select Tinfoil Security.
4. At the top left, click Test SAML login. 

   Tinfoil Security should open in a separate tab. If it doesn’t, use the information in the resulting SAML error messages to update your IdP and SP settings as needed, then retest SAML login.

You should be automatically redirected to your Tinfoil Security account.

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