Salesforce - SAML Relying Party Configuration - RSA Ready Implementation Guide
Last Modified: 2026-08-31
This article describes how to integrate Salesforce with RSA Cloud Access Service (CAS) using Relying Party.
Configure CAS
Perform these steps to configure CAS using Relying Party.
Procedure
- Sign in to the RSA Cloud Administration Console.
- Click Authentication Clients > Relying Parties.
- On the My Relying Parties page, click Add a Relying Party.
- On the Relying Party Catalog page, click Add for Service Provider SAML.
- On the Basic Information page, enter the name for the application in the Name field and click Next Step.
- On the Authentication page, choose RSA manages all authentication.
- In the 2.0 Access Policy for Authentication drop-down list, select a policy that was previously configured, and then click Next Step.
- Under Data Input Method, choose Import Metadata.
- Click Choose File and import the metadata downloaded from Salesforce to populate the ACS URL and Service Provider Entity ID.
- Under the Message Protection section, choose IdP signs assertions within response.
- Scroll down to the User Identity section and select the following values:
- Identifier Type: unspecified
- Property: mail
- Click Save and Finish.
- Click Publish Changes and wait for the operation to complete.
After publishing, your application is enabled for SSO. - Under My Relying Parties, navigate to the newly created relying party.
- In the Edit drop-down list, choose Metadata.
Configure Salesforce
Perform these steps to configure Salesforce.
Procedure
- Log in to the Salesforce tenant with an administrator account.
- Click the gear icon and click Open Advanced Setup.
- In the left pane, search for Single Sign-On Settings under the Identity section and click it.
- Click Edit and select the SAML Enabled checkbox, if not selected already, and then click Save.
- Choose the metadata file downloaded from RSA and click Create.
- Add the downloaded IdP certificate and click Save.
- Click Download Metadata.
- Navigate to My Domain under Company Settings.
- Click Edit under Authentication Configuration, select the checkbox with your configuration name, and then click Save.
The configuration is complete.
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