--- title: "White Paper: Identity Providers (IdPs) Role in Zero Trust Adoption" description: Download the IdPs Critical Role in Zero Trust Adoption white paper to learn why identities play as an initial step towards adopting Zero Trust. image: https://lp.twingate.com/hubfs/IdP%20Role%20in%20Zero%20Trust%20Adoption%20-%20Cover.png --- - Docs - [DocumentationLearn how to deploy Twingate to your network](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/how-twingate-works) - Get Started - [How Twingate Works](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/how-twingate-works) - [First-time configuration](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/twingate-configuration) - [Deploying Connectors](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/connector-best-practices) - [Admin API](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/api-overview) - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/troubleshooting) - Identity Providers - [Azure AD](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/azure-ad-configuration) - [Okta](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/okta-configuration) - [OneLogin](https://docs.twingate.com/docs/onelogin-configuration) - 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Cover") The state of work is changing, and distributed teams have become the norm. Instead of securing a singular perimeter around your organization’s network; employees, contractors, and vendors regularly require access to resources from anywhere and from any device. Today, many organizations manage the myriad of digital identities employees need to access tools and services with an identity provider (IdP).  With so much risk riding on the ability to have visibility into users and devices by adopting single sign-on (SSO), multifactor authentication (MFA), and identity and access management (IAM) concepts, it should be no surprise that these are among the first steps toward adopting Zero Trust. 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