Okta Oktane22: The Top Exhibitors

BeyondID, Identity and Access Solutions, Torii and Palo Alto Networks were among the upstarts and movers-and-shakers in security at Oktane22.

Managed security services providers, the creator of a platform for monitoring shadow IT and a cybersecurity giant were among the standout vendors at Okta’s Oktane22 conference.

BeyondID, Identity and Access Solutions, Torii and Palo Alto Networks were among the upstarts and movers-and-shakers in security to exhibit in person in San Francisco at Okta’s annual conference, according to a review of photos and videos shared on social media from Oktane22.

The conference was also streamed online.

Who was at the Okta Oktane conference?

Manak Ahluwalia, CEO of Waltham, Mass.-based Okta partner Aqueduct Technologies – a member of CRN’s 2022 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 – said his customers have enjoyed the simplicity of Okta’s single-sign on authentication platform.

As more customers embrace cloud-based services, a way to secure identity and access and streamline the user provisioning process also becomes more important, Ahluwalia said. The same goes for customers going through mergers and acquisitions and ones building more robust processes for a growing workforce outside of the office.

“It just gives them a really good workflow to be able to universally take somebody in and out of the entire application stack,” he said.

He said that if Okta invests in its channel partner program, he’d like to seemore enablement around its applications as well as its identity storage features plus more best practice integration guides for interoperability with Okta.

Okta used the conference to unveil its Okta Customer Identity Cloud for managing authentication, onboarding new users and streamlining registration and login for devices, stacks and platforms; announce improvements for its Workforce Identity Cloud and to tease upcoming changes to its partner program.

Here are some of the coolest exhibitors that shared photos and videos online of their booths and presence at Oktane22.

Arctic Wolf

Among the exhibitors at Oktane22 was cybersecurity vendor Arctic Wolf.

The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based company provides managed detection and response technology for more than 3,000 customers, according to Arctic Wolf. It also has more than 1,100 channel partners worldwide.

Arctic Wolf products integrate with Okta for identity-related attacks, endpoint protection, network protection and cloud services protection, according to the company. Its Arctic Wolf Security Operations Cloud processes more than 2.5 trillion security events a week.

Last month, the company raised $401 million in convertible notes by investor Owl Rock, according to Arctic Wolf. Viking Global Investors, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and funds advised by Neuberger Berman participated.

Arctic Wolf was also a member of CRN’s 2022 Security 100.

Identity and Access Solutions

Representatives with managed services provider Identity and Access Solutions attended Oktane22 to promote the company’s offerings around IAM implementation, privileged access management, operations support and other areas.

The Sterling, Va.-based company – whose partners include Okta, SailPoint, Salesforce and CyberArk – announced just before Oktane22 the expansion of its professional services into endpoint privilege management (EPM), according to Identity and Access Solutions.

Identity and Access Solutions was founded in 2016 and has hundreds of consultants in the U.S., Canada and India, according to the company.

ConductorOne

For Okta users, ConductorOne offers a platform to enforce least-privilege principles with time-based access controls, just-in-time access provisioning and access reviews, according to the startup.

Portland, Ore.-based ConductorOne, founded in 2020, provides single-pane views of identities, access and privileges for infrastructure, applications, on-premises and other environments for identifying security gaps, according to the company.

In September, ConductorOne made five more integration connectors available, including Azure Active Directory, according to the company. ConductorOne also improved its navigation panel, list of expiring grants, campaign reports, status badges and other features.

In June, ConductorOne raised a $15 million Series A round of funding, according to the company. Accel led the round. Fuel Capital, Fathom Capital, Active Capital, Garuda Ventures, Peter McKay and Guy Podjarny of Snyk, Vanta CEO Cristina Cacioppo and Panther Labs CEO Jack Naglieri all participated.

Cerby

Another exhibitor at Oktane22 was Cerby, a startup that has received funding from Okta to develop its security automation platform.

The Alameda, Calif.-based startup – founded in 2020 but only exiting stealth in June– promises users protection against shared passwords, disabled two-factor authentication and other common application configurations that go against security best practices, according to Cerby.

Cerby uses browser plugins, local desktop clients, server-side isolated browsers and other automation agents for programmed automation flows, according to the company. The company works with Okta, Azure Active Directory and other identity systems.

In June, the company revealed it raised $12 million in seed funding from Ridge Ventures, Bowery Capital, Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures and others.

Productiv

Productiv representatives attended Oktane22 to showcase the company’s management platform for companies to procure and manage software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup – founded in 2018 – uses billions of feature-level application engagement data points, vendor contracts and organization context to provide a unified SaaS portfolio view, according to Productiv. The company offers a way for IT, finance and other business leaders to manage application costs.

Productiv analyzes more than 100 million data points a day from more than 20,000 applications, according to the company. Its partnership with Okta increases single sign on (SSO) coverage and helps protect against shadow IT.

In October, Productiv made its SaaS Intelligence platform available in the Amazon Web Services Marketplace, according to the company. It also unveiled updates including a new connector library user experience, improved application portfolio views, a reseller insights page and a spend dashboard widget.

The company has a partner program for services providers, according to Productiv.

BeyondID

Fresh off becoming one of the first Okta Diamond partners earlier this month, managed security services provider (MSSP) BeyondID exhibited at Oktane22.

The San Francisco-based startup – founded in 2017 – offers consulting, implementation and service management capabilities around identity and cloud. Its services aim to help customers with application modernization, zero trust security and cloud migration, according to the company.

Customers of BeyondID include Major League Baseball, FedEx and Bain Capital, according to the company.

In May, BeyondID announced that it had doubled its revenue year over year, expanded into Mexico and more than doubled its employee base.

Make sure to come by booth G1 while you're at Oktane22 to see why Zscaler won @okta's Innovation Tech Partner of the Year award! pic.twitter.com/GYBwIhTqPO

— Zscaler (@zscaler) November 9, 2022

Zscaler

Okta’s fellow San Francisco Bay Area-based publicly traded cybersecurity vendor Zscaler was among the companies exhibiting at Oktane22.

San Jose, Calif.-based Zscaler offers security for workloads, internet of things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) and the Zero Trust Exchange for application and machine protection, according to the company.

Okta and Zscaler have an integration to reduce bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and unmanaged devices risk. Zscaler zero trust policies are enforced through Okta’s user authentication tools, according to Zscaler.

Zscaler – which has more than 26 million licensed seats, more than 150 data centers globally and about 240 billion transactions a day – also has a partner program for resellers, distributors, system integrators (SIs) and service providers.

In September, Zscaler revealed it had bought ShiftRight, a startup specializing in closed loop security workflow automation.

#Oktane22 has been such a blast; we don't want it to end!

Tomorrow is the conference's final day, so we're making the most of it.

Check out our booth to discuss how Torii works with @okta to #CoverYourSaaS and supercharge identity management! https://t.co/csNxe5d193 pic.twitter.com/fjvs9xkLD2

— Torii (@torii_hq) November 9, 2022

Torii

The Oktane22 exhibitors floor featured Torii, the provider of a platform to gain visibility on a company’s SaaS use to uncover shadow IT and control costs.

The New York-based startup – founded in 2017 – offers ways for customers to automate application configuration tasks, de-risk user departures and eliminate surprise renewals, among other actions, according to the company.

In September, the company launched Torii for Procurement, promising a real-time view of applications, redundancies, usage, costs and contracts for procurement specialists.

In February, Torii announced that it raised a $50 million Series B round of financing. Tiger Global Management led the round with participation from Wing Venture Capital, Global Founders Capital, Uncork Capital, Entree Capital and Scopus Ventures. Revenue quadrupled year over year and head count was seven times higher, according to the company.

Live from #Oktane22: @PaloAltoNtwks Cloud Identity Engine uses @Okta to authenticate users in 2 ways:
📌Gallery application
📌Custom application
Stop by booth G4 to see zero trust and secure identity in action. pic.twitter.com/ImGbVjSa7o

— Prisma SD-WAN (@PrismaSDWAN) November 9, 2022

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks representatives were on site at Oktane22 to show how the company’s products integrate with Okta.

The Santa Clara, Calif.-based cybersecurity vendor’s offerings include the Prisma Cloud for securing cloud-native applications, Cortex for automation-driven event detection and response and Strata for protecting against zero-day threats, according to Palo Alto Networks.

With Okta, Palo Alto Networks users can provide users authentication for additional access security in hybrid IT environments, simplify access across cloud and on-premises assets and follow regulatory compliance, among other actions, according to Okta.

In October, Palo Alto Networks made its Cortex XSIAM autonomous security operations platform generally available and expanded its NextWave partner program to provide more tools, training and resources to MSSPs, according to the company.

Leverage your @okta investment in a totally new way.

Check out how security teams are using Okta + Material to protect the most sensitive messages in mailboxes.

Find us at booth EE1 #oktane22. pic.twitter.com/V92AfMyjQ3

— Material Security (@material_sec) November 9, 2022

Material Security

Material Security provides tools to protect Microsoft Office 365 and Google Workspace users from phishing attacks.

The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup, founded in 2017, deploys in a private, isolated cloud instance with full user control and promises to protect sensitive data even if accounts are compromised, according to Material Security.

With Okta, Material users accessing redacted, sensitive messages can be authenticated and see the original message, according to Material.

In May, Material raised $100 million in a Series C round of funding. Founders Fund led the round with participation from Andreesen Horowitz and Elad Gil.