How To Get Started with Keytos Shield

Follow along with our step-by-step guides and video tutorials to learn how to onboard to Keytos Shield in just a few minutes.

Welcome to Keytos Shield

Keytos Shield is a fully hosted cloud PKI, cloud RADIUS, and passkey solution that allows you to go passwordless without any servers or infrastructure to manage. With Keytos Shield, you can create strong, passwordless identities for your users and devices, and use them to connect to all your applications, networks, and platforms.

Step-by-Step Guide - How to Get Started with Keytos Shield

The first step to getting started with Keytos Shield is to create a subscription. This will allow you to access the Keytos Shield portal and begin onboarding your users and devices.

How to Install Keytos Shield and Create a Subscription

It's free to get started and there's no sales call or credit card required

Keytos Shield uses native Entra ID authentication to provide a seamless passwordless experience for your users. Begin by registering the Keytos Shield Entra ID application using the link below. Make sure to use your Global Administrator account (or forward the link to your Global Administrator) to complete the consent process.

Single Click

The easiest way to register the applications is to click the button below while logged in with your Global Administrator account:

Register Keytos Applications

Manual URL

Alternately, you can copy & paste the following URL into your browser. Make sure you are logged in with your Global Administrator account before accessing the link.

https://login.microsoftonline.com/organizations/adminconsent?client_id=2963e596-88f5-43a1-ab17-68b8026c6468&redirect_uri=https://portal.keytos.io/Welcome

You will see a consent screen similar to the one below. Click Accept to register the applications in your tenant.

Keytos Shield uses native Entra ID authentication as shown in the admin consent screen

Single Click

The easiest way to register the applications is to click the button below while logged in with your Global Administrator account:

Register Keytos Applications

Manual URL

Alternately, you can copy & paste the following URL into your browser. Make sure you are logged in with your Global Administrator account before accessing the link.

https://login.microsoftonline.us/organizations/adminconsent?client_id=2cf07322-0273-4052-bd9b-e38c1c433803&redirect_uri=https://portal.keytos.us/Welcome
Keytos Shield uses native Entra ID authentication as shown in the admin consent screen

For more information on these specific permissions and why they are needed, please refer to the Keytos Shield FAQs.

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How to Create Your Keytos Shield Subscription

A Keytos Shield subscription handles permissions, billing, and central configuration for your organization. You can create a subscription directly with us, or through the Azure Marketplace. Both options provide a 1-month free trial, and you can cancel at any time.

To create a Keytos Shield subscription directly through the Shield portal, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Keytos Shield portal in your browser. (US Government Portal).

  2. Under Subscription Name, enter a friendly name for your subscription. (you can always change this later)

  3. Select a Deployment Location for your subscription. This will be your primary region where your Keytos Shield resources will be hosted.

  4. Optionally enter your credit card information. You can click Skip for now if you just want to try out Keytos Shield for free for 1 month and add a payment method later.

    • If you are managed by a MSP or reseller, the credit card form will not be shown, and you can proceed with creating your subscription without entering any payment information.
  5. Check the Terms & Conditions box to agree to the terms of service.

  6. Click Register to create your subscription. It should complete in just a few seconds.

    Get started with a Keytos Shield free trial subscription
  7. You should now see your newly created Keytos Shield subscription endpoint listed under Existing subscriptions:

    Keytos Global Get Endpoint in Existing Subscriptions

We are finishing up our Azure Marketplace review with Microsoft and will have our documentation available soon. In the meantime, please deploy your Keytos Shield subscription directly through the Shield portal.

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Now that you’ve created your Keytos Shield subscription, you can proceed to configuring your network and/or identity security.

How to Onboard to a Keytos Shield Solution

Select the solution you want to onboard to

Keytos Shield comes with both a cloud PKI solution for issuing and managing digital certificates for network authentication, as well as a cloud RADIUS server for authenticating your network identities.

The following guide will walk you through the process of onboarding to Keytos Shield’s network and identity security solutions.

Configure Network Security

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We’re in the process of bringing FIDO2 passkey + smart card onboarding and management to Keytos Shield. Check back soon for updates.

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