Okta

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Okta

Okta is an identity and access management company founded in 2009 by Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest. The company develops identity security products for employees, customers, partners, non-human identities and AI agents. Its workforce identity capabilities include single sign-on, adaptive multi-factor authentication, device access, API access management, Universal Directory and secure partner access. Okta also provides privileged access management, identity governance, lifecycle management, identity security posture management and identity threat protection. Customer identity services are provided through Okta Customer Identity and the Auth0 platform. Okta describes its platform as neutral and extensible, allowing organizations to connect identity controls with a broad range of applications and technologies. The company has expanded its identity security work to address AI agents and other machine identities as organizations adopt new forms of automated software. Okta's own company history confirms that McKinnon and Kerrest created the company in 2009 around Identity-as-a-Service.

Okta is an identity security company founded in 2009 by Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest. The company develops platforms for securing workforce, customer, partner, machine and AI-agent identities. Okta's product portfolio spans identity and access management, customer identity, identity governance, privileged access and identity threat detection. Its Auth0 platform provides customer identity capabilities, while the Okta platform addresses workforce and other organizational identity requirements. Current products include single sign-on, adaptive multi-factor authentication, device access, API access management, Universal Directory, secure partner access, lifecycle management and identity governance. Okta also offers privileged access, identity security posture management and identity threat protection. Its integration network connects identity controls with applications and other technology used by organizations. Okta's company history identifies 2009 as its founding year and Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest as its co-founders. The company describes Identity-as-a-Service as the category around which the original business was built. Its current product direction extends identity security beyond human users to non-human identities and AI agents, reflecting the increasing use of automated systems that require authentication, authorization and governance.