Google Cloud Workforce Identity - SAML Relying Party Configuration – RSA Ready Implementation Guide
Originally Published: 2021-10-30
Last Modified: 2026-10-20

This article describes how to integrate Cloud Access Service (CAS) with Google Cloud Workforce Identity using SAML Relying Party. 

       

Configure CAS

Perform these steps to configure CAS.

Procedure

  1. Sign in to the RSA Cloud Administration Console.

  2. Click Authentication Clients > Relying Parties.

    Authentication Clients menu with Relying Parties selected

  3. On the My Relying Parties page, click Add a Relying Party.

  4. In the Relying Party Catalog, click Add for Service Provider SAML.

    Relying Party Catalog with the Service Provider SAML option

  5. On the Basic Information page, enter a name for the application, and then click Next Step.

    RSA Basic Information page configured for Google Cloud Workforce Identity

  6. On the Authentication page, configure:

    1. Choose RSA manages all authentication.

    2. In 2.0 Access Policy for Authentication, select a previously configured access policy.

    3. Click Next Step.

    RSA Authentication page with RSA manages all authentication selected

  7. On the Connection Profile page, under Data Input Method, choose Enter Manually.

  8. In the Service Provider section, configure the values that you copy from Google Cloud Workforce Identity:

    1. Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL: Enter the Google Cloud Workforce Identity Redirect URI.

    2. Audience (Service Provider Entity ID): Enter the Google Cloud Workforce Identity Identifier (Entity ID).

    RSA Service Provider settings with the Workforce Identity redirect URI and entity ID

  9. In the SAML Response Protection section, select IdP signs SAML assertions, and then click Download Certificate.

    RSA SAML Response Protection settings for the relying party

  10. Expand Advanced Configuration and add the following attributes.:

    1. SAML Attribute Name: lastname
      Attribute Source: Identity Source
      User Attribute/Value: Last Name, or the equivalent last-name attribute in your identity source
    2. SAML Attribute Name: firstname
      Attribute Source: Identity Source
      User Attribute/Value: First Name, or the equivalent first-name attribute in your identity source
    3. SAML Attribute Name: email
      Attribute Source: Identity Source
      User Attribute/Value: Email, or the equivalent email attribute in your identity source

    RSA NameID and Statement Attribute settings for Google Cloud Workforce Identity

  11. Click Save and Finish.

  12. Click Publish Changes, and wait for the operation to finish.

  13. Export the RSA IdP metadata:

    1. Open the relying party.

    2. In the Edit menu, click Export Metadata.

    3. Save the metadata file for the Google Cloud Workforce Identity provider configuration.

    RSA relying-party menu with Export Metadata available

      

Configure Google Cloud Workforce Identity

Perform these steps to configure Google Cloud Workforce Identity.

Procedure

  1. Sign in to the Cloud Workforce Identity Admin console with an administrator account, and in the search window, search for IAM & Admin/ Workforce identity pools.

  2. Go to IAM & Admin > Workforce Identity Federation, and then click Create pool.

    Google Cloud Workforce Identity Pools page with Create pool available

  3. Create the workforce pool:

    1. Enter a name for the pool.

    2. Click Next.

    Google Cloud page for creating a workforce identity pool

  4. Create the SAML provider:

    1. In Select a Provider vendor, select the applicable provider vendor.

    2. Under Select an authentication protocol, select SAML.

    3. Enter a name for the provider.

    4. Click Browse, and upload the RSA IdP metadata file.

    5. Click Continue.

    Google Cloud Workforce Identity SAML provider configuration with RSA metadata uploaded

  5. Under Share your provider information with IdP, copy the following values:

    1. Identifier (Entity ID): Use this value as the RSA service provider entity ID.

    2. Redirect URI: Use this value as the RSA ACS URL.

    3. Click Continue.

    Google Cloud Workforce Identity provider entity ID and redirect URI

  6. In Enable detailed audit logging, keep detailed logging disabled unless your organization requires it, and click Submit.

    Google Cloud Workforce Identity detailed audit logging step

  7. Configure the attribute mappings:

    1. google.subject: assertion.subject

    2. google.email: assertion.mail

    3. google.firstname: assertion.firstname

    4. google.lastname: assertion.lastname

    5. Optionally, configure an attribute condition.

    6. Click Save and exit.

    Google Cloud Workforce Identity attribute mappings for RSA SAML assertions

 

The configuration is complete.