Enterprise identity and access management platform providing SSO, MFA, lifecycle management, and zero-trust security for workforce and customer identities.
Manages who can access your company's apps and data — handles employee logins, security, and access permissions across your organization.
Okta is the leading enterprise identity and access management (IAM) platform that provides comprehensive solutions for managing both workforce and customer identities with single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, lifecycle management, and adaptive security policies. As a cloud-native identity provider, Okta serves as the central authentication and authorization layer for organizations' entire application ecosystem.
The platform's Workforce Identity Cloud enables organizations to manage employee access across all applications — cloud and on-premise — through a unified dashboard. Employees get single sign-on access to all their applications through the Okta Dashboard, eliminating password fatigue while giving IT complete visibility and control over who has access to what. Okta's integration network includes over 7,500 pre-built application integrations, making it straightforward to connect virtually any business application to centralized identity management.
Okta's adaptive MFA goes beyond simple two-factor authentication by evaluating contextual signals — device trust, network location, user behavior patterns, and risk scores — to determine the appropriate authentication challenge. Low-risk scenarios can pass through seamlessly while high-risk access attempts trigger additional verification, balancing security with user experience.
The platform's Lifecycle Management capabilities automate the entire identity lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding. When a new employee is added to HR systems, Okta can automatically provision accounts across all required applications with appropriate access levels. When someone leaves, all access is instantly revoked across every connected system, eliminating the security risk of orphaned accounts.
Okta's Customer Identity Cloud (powered by Auth0, which Okta acquired) provides developers with authentication and authorization tools for customer-facing applications, including social login, passwordless authentication, machine-to-machine authentication, and customizable login flows. This dual focus on workforce and customer identity makes Okta a comprehensive identity platform for organizations of all sizes.
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Okta is the market leader in enterprise identity and access management, providing the most comprehensive SSO, MFA, and lifecycle management platform available. The breadth of pre-built integrations (7,000+) and mature directory services make it the default choice for large enterprises. Complexity and cost are significant, but for organizations managing identity across hundreds of applications, Okta's depth is necessary and proven.
Comprehensive SSO platform with 7,500+ pre-built application integrations supporting SAML, OIDC, and custom API connections for seamless access across cloud and on-premise applications
Use Case:
Employees accessing 50+ business applications (Salesforce, Google Workspace, GitHub, Slack) with one set of credentials - reducing password-related help desk tickets by 60%
Context-aware MFA that evaluates device trust, network location, user behavior, and risk signals to automatically step up authentication for high-risk access while allowing seamless access for trusted scenarios
Use Case:
Automatically requiring additional verification when employees access sensitive data from new devices or unusual locations while allowing normal office access without friction
HR-driven identity automation that provisions and deprovisions user access across all applications based on employee status, role changes, and organizational policies with real-time synchronization
Use Case:
New marketing hires automatically getting access to HubSpot, Canva, and Google Analytics on day one, with access instantly revoked across all systems when they leave
Advanced governance tools providing access certifications, role mining, segregation of duties policies, and compliance reporting for regulatory requirements and security audits
Use Case:
Quarterly access reviews where managers certify employee permissions, automatically flagging users with excessive privileges or policy violations for SOX compliance
Continuous identity verification and policy enforcement that treats every access request as untrusted, requiring authentication and authorization before granting application or network access
Use Case:
Remote employees securely accessing internal applications without VPN by verifying identity, device health, and risk context before every session
Developer-focused authentication platform (Auth0) providing social login, passwordless authentication, user management APIs, and customizable login experiences for customer-facing applications
Use Case:
E-commerce sites offering Google/Facebook login, SMS authentication, and progressive profiling while maintaining user data security and GDPR compliance
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In 2026, Okta launched Identity Threat Protection with real-time risk assessment across the entire identity lifecycle. Updates include passwordless authentication with passkey support, enhanced Customer Identity Cloud (formerly Auth0) with improved developer tools, AI-powered identity governance that detects anomalous access patterns, and expanded Zero Trust capabilities with continuous verification beyond initial authentication.
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