Equifax, LVMH and the State of Illinois Trust the Okta Identity Cloud to Secure Workforce and Customer Identities
August 27 2020 - 4:11PM
Business Wire
Organizations across industries leverage the
Okta Identity Cloud to adapt to challenges brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise, today announced that Equifax and LVMH
selected the Okta Identity Cloud to seamlessly and securely connect
their people to critical applications. Okta also announced that the
State of Illinois successfully deployed the Okta Identity Cloud to
enable its workforce to address the challenges brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic. Okta continued to see strong customer momentum
in FY21 Q2, announcing new and expanded partnerships with Nebraska
Health Information Initiative, Inc. (NEHII), Transaction Services
Group, Union Bank and Trust Company, and VCU Health.
Due to the global health crisis, organizations around the world
have transitioned to supporting employees as they now work
remotely, and are focused on ensuring customers have a seamless and
secure online experience.
“As organizations navigate the transition to remote work and
prioritize digital engagement with their customers, security
continues to be a priority,” said Todd McKinnon, Chief Executive
Officer and co-founder, Okta. “Equifax, LVMH Group, and the State
of Illinois are managing the data of thousands of employees and
millions of customers and will secure access to that information
with the Okta Identity Cloud. We are excited to support these
organizations as they adapt to new challenges and to provide their
customers and employees with seamless and secure access to key
applications.”
Equifax and LVMH Choose Okta as the Identity Standard
Equifax, a Global 2000 information solutions company, leverages
the Okta Identity Cloud as its identity standard to secure its more
than 11,000 employees globally. As the company continues to
strengthen its position as a security and technology leader, this
quarter, Equifax decided to further expand its partnership with
Okta as its identity platform to replace multiple authentication
systems and unify identity for its external users. Equifax will use
Okta Customer Identity products to protect and power seamless user
experiences for Equifax business partners and customers, in
addition to its workforce.
The LVMH Group, the world leader in luxury, gathering
prestigious brands (such as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Sephora,
Hennessy, Moët & Chandon, Bulgari, etc.), selected the Okta
Identity Cloud as its standard solution for internal identity and
access management requirements for the Group and its family of
brands. Standardizing on Okta will allow LVMH to consolidate a
complex, multi-organization and multi-vendor identity environment
into one, improving security, and providing greater agility and
faster integration of the brands within a consistent framework.
The State of Illinois Successfully Deploys Okta, Protecting
Sensitive Data
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to spread, the State of
Illinois recognized the need to restructure its IT operations and
further secure access to critical applications so its workforce
could remotely serve Illinois’ millions of residents. When the
state decided to replace its custom-built identity solution, it
deployed the Okta Identity Cloud to 8,000 state employees in less
than two weeks with the help of Okta Professional Services. As the
state responded to growing public health concerns around COVID-19,
Okta played an integral role in connecting 4,000 additional state
and county employees to a COVID-19 database tool built on
Salesforce. With Okta’s pre-built integrations, the state was able
to provide workers with quick, seamless, and secure remote access,
which was not possible with its previous legacy systems. The State
of Illinois is leveraging Okta Single Sign-On, Universal Directory,
Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication, Lifecycle Management, and
Universal Directory, and will implement the Okta Identity Cloud to
more than 50,000 workers across state, county, and local agencies
to provide access to all critical applications. The reliability,
scalability, and security of the Okta Identity Cloud gives the
State of Illinois confidence that its growing number of employees
will be productive and information will remain secure during this
critical time.
“Illinois is home to millions of people who rely on state
resources and information to live safe, healthy, and productive
lives,” said Ron Guerrier, Chief Information Officer and Secretary
of Innovation & Technology, the State of Illinois. “The
COVID-19 pandemic brought on many challenges as we transitioned to
remote work, and the Okta Identity Cloud has enabled us to securely
connect our employees to the applications they need to successfully
and efficiently deliver critical services to our residents.”
Continued Momentum for Okta
In its second quarter of fiscal year 2021, Okta grew its total
customers to 8,950 organizations. This customer growth is part of
continued momentum for the company, which includes recent product
innovation and announcements. Okta announced a major milestone in
cloud reliability and uptime, offering 99.99% uptime to all
customers in every region of the world at no additional cost. Okta
also announced it has joined together with CrowdStrike, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CRWD), Netskope, and Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT), in a
coordinated effort to help organizations implement an integrated,
Zero Trust security strategy required to protect today’s dynamic
and remote working environments. Earlier this year at Oktane20
Live, Okta’s annual conference, Okta announced Okta Platform Services, Okta Workflows, and Okta
Devices, as well as a $10 million philanthropic commitment from
Okta for Good and the launch of the Nonprofit Technology
Initiative.
About Okta
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the
enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to
securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the
right time. With over 6,500 pre-built integrations to applications
and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and
securely use the best technologies for their business. More than
8,950 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for
America and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of
their workforces and customers.
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