Set Up PingIdentity for Censys SAML Authentication

Follow this guide to enable SSO with Ping Identity as your Identity Provider for Censys authentication.

This is one part of a two-part process to configure SAML-based authentication for Censys users on your Censys team.

It is recommended that you follow this guide first before you configure SAML authentication on the Censys side. After completing setup with PingIdentity, a SAML metadata URL will be generated that you can paste into the Censys team authentication page to automatically populate the required fields there.

Add Censys as an SSO-enabled application

Click the Applications nav item in the top navigation bar.
In the My Applications tab, ensure the "SAML" page is open. Click on the Add Application and choose "New SAML Application" from the dropdown menu.
Provide application details. Suggested details include:
- An Application Name of Censys
- An Application Description of Internet scan and enrichment data for security investigations and attack surface management.
- Category set to Information Technology
- Application Icon available here
- Click Continue to Next Step.
On the Application Configuration page, ensure the Protocol Version selected is "SAML v 2.0."

For the Upload Metadata section, select the linked text that says, "Or use URL" and paste the metadata URL from the SP Details section of your Censys team’s authentication page.

Then press the Tab button on your keyboard and the required fields will be automatically filled in.

Click the Continue to Next Step button.
On the SSO Attribute Mapping step, map PingIdentity attributes to the attributes that Censys expects.
1. Click the Add New Attribute button.
2. Map the Identity Bridge "First Name" attribute to the Application Attribute FirstName.
3. Map the Identity Bridge "Last Name" attribute to the Application Attribute LastName.
4. If usernames in your system are not email addresses, then repeat the process to map "Email" to Email.
5. Click the Continue to Next Step button.
On the next step, select the users/groups that should have access to Censys, then click the Continue to Next Step button.
On the Review Setup step, check that the configuration details are correct.

Note
Copy the value shown for the "SAML Metadata URL." You can use this to shorten setup on the Censys authentication page.

Click Finish.