Waiting for the moment of the attack is too late. The vast majority of breaches stem from some form of credential abuse, making the task of reliably authenticating Identity a core concern for security leaders in every industry. The stakes of this responsibility are widely understood. The average cost of a data breach in 2023 was a staggering $4.45 million, and the fear of this type of outcome is palpable in boardrooms worldwide.
However, security and IT leaders too often limit their focus exclusively to authentication. This constrains their window of opportunity for thwarting would-be attackers to enforcing authentication policies at the moment of the attack. While enforcement is a central part of any robust security strategy, security leaders must take action before and after authentication to mitigate damage, prevent breaches, and blunt their impact.
Unifying Identity with Okta
Organizations need a modern Identity solution that delivers a robust defense against phishing attacks while granting employees secure, privileged access to key information. In a landscape increasingly defined by third-party relationships and part-time, contract, and remote employees, this Identity solution must also include a means of granting targeted, secure temporary access to specific systems and resources.
Okta elevates Identity and Access Management (IAM) across the spectrum of posture, access, governance, and privileged access by centralizing and tightly integrating every aspect of identity. By connecting seamlessly to your existing IdPs and SaaS apps, Okta addresses pre-authentication security concerns through a product suite that delivers a holistic, intuitive view of your organization’s Identity security posture.
Okta Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) gathers and analyzes industry threat intelligence to provide security leadership with the most comprehensive picture possible of the organization’s Identity posture.
Okta Single Sign-On and Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication help security leaders enforce least privilege access and protect against phishing attacks through an adaptable and powerful suite of features like phishing-resistant login, simplified time-bound access, and risk-based enforcement based on contextual information
Okta Identity Threat Protection (ITP) integrates insights from across your security ecosystem to elevate threat visibility and deepen your understanding of your organization’s threat surface. It uses continuous monitoring, intelligent reporting, and information pulled from an organization's security stack.
To provide their organizations with the strongest possible defense against sophisticated threats, security leaders must adopt a more holistic approach to Identity-powered security—one that mitigates threats before, during, and after authentication.
