Integrations![Clear highlights](../KB_Graphics/hilite_off-54x.png)
The Integrations section of the portal is covered in the following topics:
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About Integrations![Clear highlights](../KB_Graphics/hilite_off-54x.png)
The Kentik v4 portal is designed to work with a wide variety of external systems in key areas such as authentication and DDoS mitigation. The Integrations section of the portal provides a central access point to these various integrations. The integrations on this page are broken into categories and represented as cards. In most cases clicking on a card will open a new tab that is populated with a webpage providing explanatory information about the integration itself or how to set it up.
Integration Categories![Clear highlights](../KB_Graphics/hilite_off-54x.png)
Available integrations currently fall into the following categories:
- DDoS Mitigation Platforms: Third-party mitigation platforms that can be triggered via a threshold in an alert policy or started manually (see Third-party Mitigation).
- SSO Platforms: Third-party identity providers that can be used for authentication of Kentik users for whom Authentication & SSO is enabled.
- Notification Channels: Notification solutions that can be used to communicate with users in a variety of portal contexts (see Notifications).
- Operations: Integrations that help you utilize Kentik-connected data in non-Kentik network operations settings (e.g. Kentik Connect for Grafana).
- Network Platforms: Integrations that enable you to leverage external platforms to gain greater visibility into factors influencing your costs, performance, or operations (see PeeringDB).