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- Security Question So that is about MFA. Now regarding API Calls and information send over from Okta (outbound) or even inbound, we mainly use SWA (Secure Web Authentication) and SAML 2.0 and here's where I would like to draw your attention to. By using SAML 2.0 your users can be provisioned into a specific App. without even having passwords. SAML is using certificates for establishing trust between companies and this is one of the most secure ways of configuring an App. Let me provide to you some documentation as well: https://developer.okta.com/standards/SAML/index
https://developer.okta.com/standards/SAML/setting_up_a_saml_application_in_okta To sum it up, Okta supports certificate establishments, but it is not considered as being a second factor authentication, as you mentioned, but it has more to do with the authorization of a user into an app. Also, it depends which apps. accept SAML 2.0 infrastructure, but G Suite does for sure. Hopefully you got your answers here!Wish you all the best in your work, Alex! Thank you, Silviu MuraruTechnical Support Engineer | Okta