Okta Launches Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI for Real-Time Detection and Response
04 Octubre 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Organizations can now continuously assess user
risk and automatically respond to Identity threats across their
technology ecosystem
OKTANE 2023 — Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), the leading
independent Identity partner, announced Identity Threat Protection
with Okta AI (Identity Threat Protection), a new product for Okta
Workforce Identity Cloud that delivers real-time detection and
response for Identity-based threats. Built with Okta AI and powered
by insights pulled from an organization’s security stack, Identity
Threat Protection extends security beyond initial authentication to
any time a user is logged in. This allows admins and security teams
to continuously assess user risk throughout active sessions, and
automatically respond to Identity threats across their entire
ecosystem.
Organizations are adopting an increasing number of cybersecurity
tools to keep pace with evolving threats, forcing admins and
security teams to sift through an overwhelming amount of granular
security data to establish effective policies and detect and
respond to critical threats. This fragmentation leads to navigating
multiple consoles, and makes it difficult to track the risk of any
given user session over time. Because Identity is uniformly
deployed across an organization’s tech stack, Okta is uniquely
positioned to assess risk across security domains and throughout
active user sessions. This dynamic approach addresses a significant
concern for businesses as, according to Gartner, “organizations
that embrace a continuous adaptive trust approach by 2025 will
reduce [account takeover] and other identity risks by 30%...”1
“You can’t defend what you can’t see, and Identity is a powerful
tool to connect everything,” said Sagnik Nandy, President and Chief
Development Officer of Workforce Identity Cloud at Okta.
“Organizations need the ability to not only bring together risk
insights at the point of login, but also to re-evaluate at any
point in a user’s session. Identity Threat Protection extends
Okta’s adaptive risk analysis and delivers automatic remediation
and response, helping businesses stop potential threats in
real-time.”
While multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a mainstay for
combating Identity-based attacks, its effectiveness is often
limited to the point of login. The growing risk of
post-authentication threats, such as session hijacking,
Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM), and MFA bypass attacks via
phishing, is pushing organizations to extend their Identity-powered
security capabilities beyond the point of authentication.
Extending Identity to Security Response Operations
Identity Threat Protection includes integrations built in
collaboration with a robust ecosystem of partners including
CrowdStrike, Jamf, Material Security, Netskope, Palo Alto Networks,
SGNL, Trellix, Zimperium, and Zscaler. The product leverages a
standards-based event pipeline to extract insights from various
security technologies. When Identity Threat Protection detects an
unusual event — whether it be a change in IP address or device
context — admin-configured policies and features can initiate
certain actions, such as immediately ending the active user session
across supported applications where the organization has the
feature enabled. This rapid, coordinated response capability not
only allows organizations to neutralize Identity threats more
effectively, but it also positions Identity Threat Protection as
the connective tissue across the tech stack.
“Before companies can embrace new technologies with confidence,
they need to ensure their security strategies are designed to
outpace threats,” said Meerah Rajavel, CIO at Palo Alto Networks.
“Our world-class threat intelligence innovations help secure
enterprises against evolving attack methods. Collaborating with
Okta’s Identity Threat Protection is a great opportunity to further
empower enterprises with security signal sharing, helping them to
better detect changes in user risk across their tech stack.”
By leveraging shared signals throughout a user’s active session,
Identity Threat Protection empowers organizations to mitigate risk
with richer threat detection and response capabilities. Initial
capabilities at launch include:
- Continuous Risk Evaluation enforces security policies
both at login and during an active user session, reducing the
potential for unauthorized access or session hijacking.
- Shared Signals Pipeline amplifies threat visibility
across an organization’s tech ecosystem, enabling security teams to
detect and respond to emerging threats between various security
technologies, including Mobile Device Management (MDM), Cloud
Access Security Broker (CASB), and Endpoint Detection &
Response (EDR) solutions.
- Adaptive Actions responds to real-time threats with
targeted actions such as Universal Logout from supported
applications with the feature enabled, prompting users for
on-demand multi-factor authentication, and executing automated
workflows to address emerging risks.
“Jamf manages and secures more than 30 million Apple devices for
the world’s leading companies,” said Linh Lam, CIO at Jamf. “In
today’s risk environment, it’s critical for any changes in
management status and device user risk to be sent in real-time for
remediation. Our market-leading Apple device management solution
and endpoint security capabilities, backed by Apple-focused threat
intelligence, makes Jamf a perfect partner for Okta admins using
Identity Threat Protection.”
Learn more about Identity Threat Protection on our blog.
Availability
Identity Threat Protection will be available in Limited Early
Access in Q1 of 2024.
Any products, features, or functionality referenced in this
announcement that are not currently generally available, may not be
delivered on time or at all. Product announcements do not represent
a commitment, obligation, or promise to deliver any product,
feature, or functionality, and customers should not rely on them to
make purchase decisions.
Check out all of Okta’s announcements at Oktane 2023.
About Okta
Okta is the World’s Identity Company. As the leading independent
Identity partner, we free everyone to safely use any
technology—anywhere, on any device or app. The most trusted brands
trust Okta to enable secure access, authentication, and automation.
With flexibility and neutrality at the core of our Okta Workforce
Identity and Customer Identity Clouds, business leaders and
developers can focus on innovation and accelerate digital
transformation, thanks to customizable solutions and more than
7,000 pre-built integrations. We’re building a world where Identity
belongs to you. Learn more at okta.com.
____________________ 1 Gartner®, “Shift Focus From MFA to
Continuous Adaptive Trust” Ant Allan, Dec 1 2021 GARTNER is a
registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its
affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with
permission. All rights reserved.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231004480808/en/
Joel Jamora press@okta.com
Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA)
Gráfica de Acción Histórica
De Abr 2024 a May 2024
Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA)
Gráfica de Acción Histórica
De May 2023 a May 2024