Okta Continues Expansion of API Gateway Partner Ecosystem
November 20 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Integrates Okta API Access Management with
Industry-Leading API Gateways;
Adds NGINX to Existing Okta Integration Network
Partners - Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud (Apigee), Kong,
MuleSoft, Software AG and Tyk
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise, today announced its continued
expansion in the API gateway ecosystem, adding NGINX to the Okta
Integration Network along with other industry leaders Amazon Web
Services (AWS), Google Cloud (Apigee), Kong, MuleSoft, Software AG
and Tyk. With these partnerships, Okta can provide API Access
Management for many of the API industry’s leading gateways, helping
organizations secure enterprise data while also enabling developers
to focus on building incredible user experiences.
“APIs open new business opportunities and revenue streams as
organizations transform their infrastructure and connect services,
but we’ve also seen the dangers of poorly managed access controls
play out in headlines,” said Chuck Fontana, Vice President, Okta
Integrations and Strategic Partnerships, Okta. “While APIs offer
even more opportunities to get important work done faster, it's not
just employees who have access to sensitive company and customer
information via these new services: it’s also partners and
customers. By integrating to and working closely with
industry-leading API gateways, we can bolster security for
organizations through access controls, ultimately enabling them to
tackle the new business and development challenges and
opportunities brought on by opening these APIs.”
Organizations are building and opening APIs to deploy new
services and applications. As the API economy continues to gain
momentum, business leaders need a way to control access to those
open gateways to ensure only the right people and services are able
to consume them – from internal infrastructure, to partner
services, to customer-facing applications. APIs are in the
blindspot of most security and compliance teams, particularly as
developers move fast to deployment. According to global research
and advisory firm Gartner: “The full life cycle API management
space is rapidly evolving to include support for managing
microservices, as well as support for hybrid models that link
on-premises to cloud (and multicloud). At the same time, security
remains a key concern, with our customer survey showing that API
access control is seen as the top requirement, with API protection
also important.”*
Okta API Access Management helps organizations lock down their
APIs across multiple gateway instances and control user access to
APIs with the full context of the identity and security profile. By
partnering with leading API gateway providers, Okta can help
developers control who is accessing their data-as-a-service APIs,
especially since many API security incidents have taken the form of
data breaches.
NGINX, the latest gateway provider to join the Okta Integration
Network, powers half of the world’s busiest sites and applications.
Its all-in-one NGINX Plus load balancer, content cache, web server,
and API gateway includes features designed to reduce complexity in
architecting modern applications. When combined with Okta API
Access Management, developers can simply configure and scale fast,
without worrying about compromising security.
“As companies modernize application architectures, APIs become a
critical way of connecting, scaling, and monetizing new digital
services. NGINX helps deliver these modern apps and APIs. In fact,
more than 40% of the tens of millions of NGINX Plus instances
deployed function as an API gateway,” said Sidney Rabsatt, VP of
Product Management, NGINX. “Although API gateways are a critical
element of API management, additional security, authentication, and
access controls are needed. We’re excited to partner with Okta to
extend those capabilities to NGINX Plus and help ensure our joint
customers aren’t affected by API blindspots.”
For more information about how to leverage Okta API Access
Management with one of these API gateway leaders, visit
Okta.com/api-gateway.
*Gartner, Inc., Critical Capabilities for Full Life Cycle API
Management, Mark O’Neill and Paolo Malinverno, 1 May 2018.
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About Okta
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the
enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to both
secure and manage their extended enterprise, and transform their
customers’ experiences. With over 5,500 pre-built integrations to
applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can
easily and securely adopt the technologies they need to fulfill
their missions. Over 5,150 organizations, including 20th Century
Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust
Okta to securely connect their people and technology.
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