Okta Appoints Yassir Abousselham as Chief Security Officer
June 29 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Former SoFi, Google Security Executive to Lead
Company and Product Security
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise, today announced the appointment of
Yassir Abousselham as Chief Security Officer. Abousselham brings
nearly 20 years of experience leading security teams to Okta, and
will report directly to Todd McKinnon, Okta CEO and cofounder.
Abousselham is a veteran security executive, most recently
serving as Chief Information Security Officer at SoFi, where he
built the company’s information security and privacy program. He
also held leadership positions at Google, where he built both the
Corporate Security and the Payments Security programs, as well as
at the Americas Information Security Center of Excellence at Ernst
& Young LLP, where he held a variety of technical and
consultancy roles during his 11 year tenure. Abousselham will be
responsible for ensuring Okta and its products meet the highest
standards of security, ultimately enabling more organizations to
securely connect their employees, partners and customers to
technology.
“Security is increasingly top of mind for organizations around
the globe. We’ve always been committed to achieving the highest
level of security standards for both our business and our
customers,” said McKinnon. “We needed an experienced security
executive with a successful track record of building security
teams, driving secure product development, managing technology risk
and achieving regulatory compliance to lead that initiative. Yassir
fits that bill exactly, and we’re thrilled to have him at the helm
of our world class security team.”
Abousselham joins at a time of rapid growth and innovation for
the Okta team, particularly on the security front. Over the last
year, Okta has achieved HIPAA compliance and certification in the
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP),
building on Okta’s SOC2, CSA STAR and ISO 27018 certifications to
offer the strongest security in the identity management industry.
Okta was also recently named a leader in Gartner’s Inaugural Magic
Quadrant for Access Management, and has expanded globally with new
offices in Toronto, London, Seattle and San Jose. Okta also
recently joined forces with Stormpath to accelerate growth of
the Okta identity platform for developers, which Abousselham will
support as customers leverage Okta’s APIs to build identity into
their products.
“Businesses are under attack like never before and such attacks
will only continue to intensify in sophistication and regularity.
As organizations everywhere continue to move to the cloud and adopt
best-of-breed technologies, traditional security tools aren't able
to address the mounting security challenges that they demand. The
Okta Identity Cloud not only enables customers to seamlessly access
technology, but solve their toughest security and access
challenges,” said Abousselham. “I've always wanted to lead security
at a company dedicated to driving productivity for its customers
and keeping them secure. I’m excited to work with Okta’s team of
highly skilled security professionals who are dedicated to ensuring
that our customers are able to continue innovating — knowing that
Okta is there to guard their digital assets.”
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, 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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