Okta stories - Page 2

Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Okta?
Wed, 31st Mar 2021
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Okta is an identity and access management company, specialising in secure user authentication. It's an enterprise-grade identity management service, built for the cloud, but compatible with many on-premises applications.

Virtual economy shifts paradigm of trust in the digital age - Okta
Fri, 12th Mar 2021
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2020 was the year in which almost everything went online. Work, social meetups...

Okta's $6.5b Auth0 acquisition carves deeper path into identity market
Fri, 5th Mar 2021
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Auth0 will become an independent business unit within the security giant, Okta.

Citrix adds zero trust to workplace security programme
Fri, 30th Oct 2020
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cloud services
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malware
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microsoft
Companies can evaluate their current security strategies and leverage existing investments to design and implement a Zero Trust framework.

Okta, CrowdStrike, Netskope and Proofpoint create shared zero trust security strategy
Mon, 29th Jun 2020
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Okta, CrowdStrike, Netskope and Proofpoint have joined forces to develop and launch an integrated, zero trust security strategy, stating that this is crucial for today’s digital and remote working environments.

Okta forms inclusion council to reflect employee diversity
Thu, 28th May 2020
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diversity
“The goal of the Inclusion Council is to ensure that the conversation and ownership of inclusion and belonging are even more deeply integrated within Okta’s business approach."

IBM integrates Okta identity solutions to cloud offerings
Mon, 6th Apr 2020
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partnerships
“We’re excited to formalise the partnership to provide our joint customers with the technology to help secure their organisations.”

Okta updates partner programme for 2020
Thu, 2nd Apr 2020
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Provides new technical training, accreditation, and marketing and strategy support for partners worldwide.

Okta appoints NEXTGEN as first ANZ distie
Thu, 13th Feb 2020
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Okta is the latest global vendor to tap into the growing need for security and identity solutions in ANZ.

Okta report outlines the new decade, new apps & new ways to work
Thu, 30th Jan 2020
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workplace of the future
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Businesses and employees are using more applications, new technologies, and learning more than ever before, according to Okta’s 2020 Businesses @ Work report.

Atlassian to integrate Okta’s authentication solution in cloud products
Tue, 15th Oct 2019
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This partnership enables Atlassian to focus on its core products while Okta solves for enterprise identity challenges, securing Atlassian customers.

Okta launches offerings for threat detection and remediation
Mon, 14th Oct 2019
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advanced persistent threat protection
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UserInsight introduces suspicious activity reporting for end users, and HealthInsight brings customised, dynamic security best practice recommendations for administrators.

Proofpoint integrates people-centric protection with Okta’s Identity Cloud
Mon, 9th Sep 2019
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The partnership aims to bolster the security posture for organisations’ very attacked people (VAPs) by applying additional adaptive security controls.

VMware announces new features on Workspace ONE platform
Tue, 27th Aug 2019
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The new management, security and multi-cloud VDI features will allow IT teams to leverage automation to intelligently manage and secure access to any app, on any cloud.

Exclusive: Okta’s APAC GM on its expansion strategy
Tue, 11th Jun 2019
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asia expansion
As APAC organisations recognise the need for identity and access management solutions, Okta finds itself attracting attention from both partners and customers.

Okta cements its commitment to the APAC market
Fri, 7th Jun 2019
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data centre market
“Our investment in local infrastructure not only signals our growth plans as a company, but it is also an important step in ensuring that Okta will be able to support our customers as their requirements change over time.”

Exclusive: Okta CSO on scaling security alongside business growth
Fri, 3rd May 2019
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Yassir Abousselham shares his unique insights as the chief security officer of a fast-growing identity and access management service provider.

Okta launches $50mil fund to fuel identity solutions startups
Thu, 4th Apr 2019
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The fund will seek out startups that are aligned with Okta's vision of enabling any organisation to use any technology.

Okta announces security layer for on-prem apps
Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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For many organisations, the present and the future will be hybrid, with mission-critical applications residing both on-premises and across multi-cloud environments.

Okta launches risk-based authentication with machine learning
Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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The new feature will allow enterprises to automate security by implementing significantly stronger authentication techniques and remediation when the scenario calls for it.

Okta introduces customisable building blocks for identity verification
Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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Passwordless authentication, progressive profiling, per-app branding and unlimited use cases are now possible with the Okta Identity Engine.

Okta brings centralised identity security to servers
Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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“Server access has traditionally relied on shared credentials that may never change, and that creates significant vulnerabilities for large or growing organisations.”

Okta enables developers to create unlimited platform integrations
Wed, 3rd Apr 2019
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cybersecurity
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open source
Advanced development functionality provided by Hooks opens the Okta Integration Network to a wide array of new types of custom, secure integrations.

Okta to acquire Azuqua to connect business apps in the enterprise
Tue, 12th Mar 2019
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workflow automation
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The average Okta customer has 83 cloud apps, and 9% of customers have more than 200 cloud apps.