OpenText Identity and Access Management - Overcast HQ Integration and Automation

Common Integration Use Cases Between OpenText Identity and Access Management and Overcast HQ

1. Centralized single sign-on for media operations teams

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ

Use OpenText Identity and Access Management as the enterprise identity provider for Overcast HQ so editors, producers, archivists, and administrators can access the video platform with a single corporate login. This reduces password sprawl, simplifies onboarding and offboarding, and gives IT a single control point for authentication policies.

• Enforce SSO for all internal users
• Reduce help desk tickets related to password resets
• Speed up access provisioning for new production staff

2. Role based access control for content creation and review workflows

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ

Synchronize identity roles and group memberships from OpenText Identity and Access Management into Overcast HQ to control who can upload, transcode, approve, publish, or delete media assets. This is especially useful for separating responsibilities between creative teams, legal reviewers, and distribution teams.

• Assign editor, reviewer, publisher, and admin permissions based on corporate roles
• Restrict access to sensitive or embargoed content
• Support least privilege access across distributed teams

3. Automated user provisioning and deprovisioning for contractors and agencies

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ

When contractors, freelancers, or external agencies are added or removed in OpenText Identity and Access Management, their Overcast HQ access can be created, updated, or revoked automatically. This is valuable for media organizations that frequently work with temporary staff and need tight control over content access.

• Provision access only for the duration of a project or campaign
• Immediately revoke access when contracts end
• Reduce security risk from orphaned accounts

4. Secure access to live ingest and high value media assets

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ

Use OpenText Identity and Access Management to protect live ingest workflows and premium media libraries in Overcast HQ. Only authorized users can initiate ingest sessions, manage source files, or access high value assets such as unreleased footage, sports highlights, or branded campaign content.

• Protect live production workflows from unauthorized access
• Limit access to pre release or confidential media
• Apply stronger authentication policies for privileged users

5. Audit ready access logging for compliance and governance

Data flow: Bi directional

Combine identity events from OpenText Identity and Access Management with user activity data from Overcast HQ to create a complete audit trail of who accessed which media assets and when. This supports compliance reviews, internal investigations, and governance requirements for regulated or rights managed content.

• Correlate login events with media access activity
• Support audits for content rights and usage controls
• Improve visibility into privileged user actions

6. Conditional access for external collaborators and remote teams

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ

Apply conditional access policies from OpenText Identity and Access Management to Overcast HQ users based on location, device posture, or authentication strength. This is useful when agencies, remote editors, or global teams need access to media workflows without weakening security standards.

• Require stronger authentication for off network access
• Restrict access from unmanaged devices
• Allow secure collaboration across regions and time zones

7. Streamlined access to integrated media ecosystems

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ ? downstream systems

Use OpenText Identity and Access Management to authenticate users into Overcast HQ, then allow Overcast HQ to pass trusted user context to connected DAM, CMS, and distribution platforms through OneTeg enabled workflows. This creates a consistent identity model across the full media supply chain and reduces duplicate account management across systems.

• Maintain one identity across media production and distribution tools
• Reduce manual user setup in connected platforms
• Improve operational consistency across teams and systems

8. Privileged access control for platform administrators

Data flow: OpenText Identity and Access Management ? Overcast HQ

Use OpenText Identity and Access Management to tightly control administrative access to Overcast HQ configuration, transcoding rules, metadata settings, and integration endpoints. This helps protect platform integrity and reduces the risk of unauthorized changes that could disrupt media operations.

• Limit admin access to approved IT and platform support staff
• Enforce stronger authentication for privileged roles
• Reduce operational risk from misconfiguration