Okta Doubles Down on Multi-Factor Authentication

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 11, 2014) - Okta today announced significant enhancements to its multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution, Okta Verify, within its identity platform, offering richer security capabilities and an even more seamless experience to end users. As malicious actors and persistent attacks increase, with the enterprise shift to cloud and mobile technologies amplifying the nature of threats, the demand for strong authentication capabilities has never been higher. These new enhancements enable enterprises to easily implement more flexible authentication processes for employee or customer-facing applications through Okta Verify -- both increasing security for critical company information and offering seamless, simple access for end users.

As a part of Okta's industry-leading identity platform, hundreds of companies, including The Clorox Company and Jones Lang LaSalle, use Okta Verify to provide additional verification before allowing user access to company data. With its newly enhanced solution, Okta Verify now empowers IT to address even more complex scenarios without specialized integrations or configurations. They can implement Okta Verify across an entire organization or more specifically, targeting certain applications, internal users, external contractors or partners. IT leaders can also use Okta Verify for specific events, such as differentiating authentication processes for people accessing apps from home, at work or on the road. Additionally, using the Okta API, customers can embed this functionality directly into their applications as increased security for their own service.

"As a global commercial real estate firm, we have an important responsibility to enable our people and clients to access applications and information from anywhere while at the same time ensuring complete security of our and our clients' assets," said Clark Ardern, CTO of Jones Lang LaSalle. "Cloud is central to our strategy, but it wouldn't be feasible if we didn't have the added security that two-factor authentication provides. Not only does Okta serve as the identity foundation for our cloud strategy, but it also addresses our security requirements with Okta Verify. It's a huge benefit to get all of this from a single integrated solution."