Security News

NHS urges orgs to apply security update for Okta Client RCE bug
2022-02-25 18:58

The UK's NHS Digital agency is warning organizations to apply new security updates for a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows client for the Okta Advanced Server Access authentication management platform. "NHS Digital is the national digital, data and technology delivery partner for the NHS and social care system," explains the website for NHS Digital.

Sagnik Nandy joins Okta as President of Technology and CTO
2021-08-03 22:15

Okta welcomes Sagnik Nandy as President of Technology and CTO. Nandy will join Okta’s executive management team and report directly to Todd McKinnon, CEO and co-founder. As President and CTO,...

Shopping for execs: ID management biz Okta poaches Google's veep of engineering to run product dev activities
2021-08-03 11:19

Identity-as-a-service slinger Okta has poached Google veep of engineering Sagnik Nandy to become its president and chief tech officer. Nandy will run his new employer's engineering and business technology functions, including the planning of product development activities.

John Zissimos joins Okta as Chief Digital Officer
2021-07-16 22:15

Okta welcomes industry veteran John Zissimos as its first Chief Digital Officer. Zissimos will report to Kendall Collins, Chief Marketing Officer, and will be responsible for the holistic creative, campaign, digital, and brand strategy for the company.

Mosyle integrates with Okta and Ping Identity to enforce security standardization for Mac devices
2021-06-02 23:15

Mosyle announced new integrations with Okta and Ping Identity for Mosyle Fuse and Mosyle Business customers. With this release, enterprises are now able to use Mosyle Auth 2 - the company's single sign-on solution purpose built for macOS - with Okta and Ping Identity for all company managed Mac devices.

Steve Dodenhoff joins Okta as SVP of Worldwide Partners and Alliances
2021-04-16 22:10

Dodenhoff will be responsible for Okta's go-to-market strategy, operations, and sales revenue across the global partner ecosystem. "Steve has a strong track record building and scaling global enterprise software companies and solution providers. We're thrilled to have him at the helm of Okta's partner and alliances team, empowering our network of partners, and capturing new opportunities for growth."

Okta Privileged Access improves zero trust security posture for organizations
2021-04-09 02:15

Okta Privileged Access is a new product that unifies identity management with least privilege access controls for critical infrastructure to increase development speed, operational agility, and improve zero trust security in enterprise technology environments. To meet today's needs, modern enterprises require a real-time, zero trust security strategy anchored in identity and privileged access management spanning IT, security, and engineering teams.

Code42 Incydr and Okta Identity Cloud integration improve organizations’ data security risk postures
2021-04-07 22:35

Code42 announced it has integrated its Incydr data risk detection and response product with Okta Identity Cloud. The integration combines Code42's data-centric strategy to insider risk with Okta's leading approach to identity and access, and provides security buyers with an easier way to build data security environments rooted in Zero Trust.

Cloudentity partners with Okta to deliver zero trust authorization for open banking services
2021-04-01 00:00

Cloudentity and Okta are delivering on the promise of zero trust authorization for open banking services. Open banking enables customers, partners and employees to access applications, data and services regardless of their location, device or network.

Kendall Collins joins Okta as CMO
2021-03-28 22:30

Kendall will join Okta's leadership team and lead global brand marketing, demand generation, solutions marketing, market strategy, operations, and sales development. Kendall succeeds current CMO, Ryan Carlson who is now working on an emerging project inside of Okta.