[May 11, 2017] |
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Okta Moves to Modernize Critical Government Identity Infrastructure, Achieves FedRAMP Certification From the U.S. Government
Okta,
the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today
announced it has received Moderate certification in the Federal Risk and
Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP).
The U.S. government-wide program provides a standard approach for
assessing, authorizing and continuous monitoring of cloud products and
services. The certification will allow government agencies to realize
the benefits of the Okta Identity Cloud and simplify the adoption of
Okta's identity, mobility and security solutions at scale on the Amazon
Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
As an Okta customer, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued an
Authorization to Operate (ATO) leveraging Okta's FedRAMP certification.
To support the ATO, Okta demonstrated compliance with 300 controls
including vulnerability management, incident response capability and
business continuity.
With integrations to over 5,000 applications, the Okta Identity Cloud
delivers an agile architecture and secure solution for many of the
world's largest enterprises. For government agencies, in addition to
enhancing security, Okta's modern identity and access management
solutions enable digital transformation by providing a simplified user
experience and enabling better performance across employees, partners,
suppliers and customers. With the help of companies like AWS, the Okta
Identity Cloud llows organizations to streamline access to the cloud,
giving DevOps the ability to build secure user experiences.
"FedRAMP is considered the gold standard, with the most stringent set of
security controls for cloud companies," said Mark Settle, Chief
Information Officer at Okta. "Okta's achievement of FedRAMP
certification will make it easy for government agencies to attain the
benefits of the cloud - improved user experience, productivity, security
and cost savings - for the public at scale and with great impact."
Additionally, as a launch partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN)
Government Competency Program, Okta works strategically with AWS to
deliver mission-critical workloads and applications to public sector
customers. Okta is built on AWS and leverages many of its core services,
including the Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) and the AWS Key
Management Service (KMS). "The cloud continues to be a major catalyst
for governments to innovate, become more efficient, and to help secure
citizen services. FedRAMP certification enables consistency and
confidence in the security of cloud solutions. We are so pleased that
APN partner Okta has met the high bar to achieve FedRAMP certification,"
said Troy Bertram, General Manager of Business Development, Worldwide
Public Sector, Amazon Web Services (News - Alert).
Okta is committed to the achieving the highest level of security
standards, and supporting the security requirements of the most
regulated and security-conscious industries. Okta's security
certifications include:
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The ISO 27001 certification for its information security management
system. ISO 27001 is a global information security standard, which
sets requirements for the protection and management of information,
intellectual property, employee details, and customer data.
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The AICPA SOC2 Type II process, formerly known as SAS (News - Alert) 70 Type II that
successfully certifies the operational and security processes of its
service and the company. The detailed results of this stringent
certification process are available upon request under a nondisclosure
agreement.
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Becoming one of the first identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) companies to
achieve the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security, Trust & Assurance
Registry (STAR (News - Alert)) Level 2 Attestation. The CSA STAR program is the first
cloud-specific security framework, and Attestation provides customers
the assurance of a rigorous third-party independent assessment. Star
Attestation is based on type 2 SOC attestations plus additional Cloud
Controls Matrix criteria.
About Okta, Inc.
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise.
The Okta Identity Cloud connects and protects employees of many of the
world's largest enterprises. It also securely connects enterprises to
their partners, suppliers and customers. With deep integrations to over
5,000 apps, the Okta Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access
from any device. Thousands of customers, including Experian, 20th
Century Fox, LinkedIn, Flex, News Corp (News - Alert), Dish Networks, and Adobe trust
Okta to work faster, boost revenue and stay secure. Okta helps customers
fulfill their missions faster by making it safe and easy to use the
technologies they need to do their most significant work.

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