Okta Unveils Updated Availability for Okta Workflows as New Standalone Offering with Expanded Capabilities

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Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA) has announced the rollout of Okta Workflows as a standalone offering, enhancing identity automation for customers. This new service expands the capabilities of identity management beyond Lifecycle Management into advanced security orchestration and DevOps. It features new pre-built connectors and templates, allowing users to implement workflows efficiently.

Customers can start using up to five flows at no cost, facilitating improved security, productivity, and user experience across various applications.

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• Launch of Okta Workflows as a standalone product expands identity automation capabilities.
• New pre-built connectors for Jamf and Microsoft Teams enhance integration options.
• Option for users to start with up to five flows at no cost facilitates adoption.

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Customers now have greater ability to automate identity processes and accelerate innovation

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:Okta), the leading independent identity provider, today announced the availability of Okta Workflows as a standalone offering for all customers. Okta Workflows now addresses a broadened set of identity automation use cases beyond Lifecycle Management capabilities, including advanced security orchestration and DevOps. New pre-built Connectors and pre-configured Templates, in addition to a new no cost option for up to five flows, enables customers to realize the benefits of Okta Workflows more quickly across Workforce and Customer Identity use cases. With Okta Workflows serving as the extensibility toolkit for coders and non-coders alike, anyone can build and innovate with Okta.

Okta Workflows: The Automation Behind Great Customer and Employee Experiences

Okta Workflows automates complex identity-centric business processes for many of the world’s leading brands. Customers can now harness the power of identity to solve security, productivity, and user experience challenges more so than ever and choose from varied development styles from low-code to no-code. Notably, Sonos, Slack, Intercom, and Moody’s all achieved greater scalability, accelerated time to value, increased operational efficiency, and elevated customer-facing experiences using Okta Workflows. Now any customer can leverage the power of Okta Workflows to solve any identity use case from provisioning and security to customer privacy and more. Customers can get started at no cost with the option to upgrade after five flows.

“Moody’s is a leading provider of financial analysis software and services that helps millions of people and investors make better decisions,” said George Kurian, SVP of Cybersecurity, Moody’s. “In our industry, regulation is mission-critical and Okta is central in helping us meet our security goals and solve key business and IT complexity challenges. With Okta Workflows, we can easily orchestrate complex identity processes with customized workflows on a product basis, increasing our business agility and strengthening our overall security posture. We save time, money, and lower our overall risk by using identity and automation to streamline critical processes.”

Pre-built Connectors for Jamf and Microsoft Teams; New Pre-Configured Templates

Okta Workflows is underpinned by the Okta Integration Network consisting of more than 7,000 integrations to the most in-demand cloud and on-premises applications and tools on the market. New pre-built Connectors for Okta Workflows to Jamf and Microsoft Teams enable customers to simply integrate top productivity and device ops tooling. In addition, Templates for Okta Workflows can be downloaded and used as-is, or can be modified for their organization’s unique needs to make integration even more plug and play. New templates available to customers include:

• New - Suspicious Activity Alerts: Okta enables end-users to report any activity they don’t recognize as ‘suspicious activity’ to their organization administrators. Investigating the suspicious activity reported in a timely manner is critical for preventing and deterring fraud. The new template provides an example for automatically creating an incident in a tool such as PagerDuty when suspicious activity is reported.
• New - Conditional Access after Document Signatures: ​​Many organizations use apps like DocuSign to control agreements – such as Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Lease Contracts, and Terms of Service (TOS) – that dictate which resources users can access. This template leverages DocuSign webhooks to capture when a user signs a document, which can then in turn determine which systems a user can access.
• New - Personalized, Omni-Channel Experiences with Progressive Profiling: Marketers can use Okta Workflows in combination with features of Okta Progressive Profiling and OneTrust Preference Management to deliver personalized omnichannel customer experiences. The easily extensible Workflows template synchronizes Okta Universal Directory user profile attributes to OneTrust Preference Center as data subject transactions of custom preferences and topics.

“Okta Workflows has grown tremendously in its adoption and has been embraced by customers as an integral way to solve complex data, privacy, security, and customer experience challenges,” said Diya Jolly, Chief Product Officer, Okta. “Everyone is dealing with more applications and touch points across networks and systems — and identity must be agile and adaptable. The new availability and accessibility of Okta Workflows enables anyone to simply build identity use cases spanning all digital touchpoints, faster than ever before. In addition, important new connectors and templates further help our customers benefit from the depth and power of the Okta Integration Network."

Availability

Okta Workflows will be available as a standalone offering beginning in November 2021; new connectors and templates will also be available beginning Fall 2021. For more information on Okta Workflows’ availability, please visit: www.okta.com/platform/workflows/.

About Okta

Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 13,050 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.

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Christa Fogleman Proano

Press@okta.com

Source: Okta, Inc.

FAQ

What is Okta Workflows and how does it benefit customers?

Okta Workflows automates complex identity business processes, allowing customers to improve security and productivity through advanced identity automation.

When will Okta Workflows be available for customers?

Okta Workflows will be available as a standalone offering starting in November 2021.

What new features does Okta Workflows include?

New features include pre-built connectors for Jamf and Microsoft Teams, along with pre-configured templates for various identity use cases.

Can customers try Okta Workflows for free?

Yes, customers can start with up to five workflows at no cost, allowing them to explore its features without initial investment.