Proofpoint Expands Okta Partnership to Protect Users Most Targeted by Cyberattacks; Integrates People-Centric Intelligence wi...
05 September 2019 - 10:05PM
Proofpoint, Inc., (NASDAQ: PFPT), a leading cybersecurity and
compliance company, today announced an expansion to its technology
partnership with Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent
provider of identity for the enterprise, to bolster how
organizations protect their most at-risk users from sophisticated
cyberattacks. Through this streamlined integration, joint customers
can leverage Proofpoint’s people-centric Targeted Attack Protection
attack index, which scores threats based on their criticality, to
identify their very attacked people (VAPs) and apply stronger
access controls to better protect those users with the Okta
Identity Cloud.
“Our Okta partnership delivers exceptional value for our
customers and channel partners—and today we are expanding on our
commitment to help organizations automatically dial up protection
for their users that receive the most critical and targeted
phishing, malware, and impostor attacks,” said Ryan Kalember,
executive vice president of Cybersecurity Strategy for Proofpoint.
“Adversaries continue to attack specific people within
organizations, including many that aren’t traditionally considered
likely victims. Our people-centric intelligence provides essential
insight into who an organizations’ VAPs are and how they are being
attacked. While we have several adaptive controls built into our
solutions, our partnership with Okta extends these capabilities to
include identity and access management and provide additional
account protection in a seamless, cloud-to-cloud integration.”
Joint Proofpoint and Okta customers can now integrate Proofpoint
Targeted Attacked Protection (TAP) user risk insight with the Okta
Identity Cloud. Users that are identified as VAPs by Proofpoint
will automatically be placed into a high-risk user group in Okta,
allowing administrators to apply adaptive policy controls and
higher assurance factors before granting access to resources.
“At Okta, our mission is to enable any organization to securely
use any technology – making sure the right users have access to the
right resources, at the right time, and preventing access to
unauthorized users or requiring stronger assurance in high-risk
scenarios,” said Chuck Fontana, vice president, Okta Integration
Network. “By partnering with Proofpoint, we can provide our joint
customers with the ability to automatically detect high risk users
and apply stronger authentication controls and policies to those
users. This makes it easier and more efficient for
administrators to identify and take action on today’s biggest
security threat, people ––– and their identities –– to improve the
security posture of their organization.”
With today’s integration, joint customers can apply adaptive
controls such as;
- Assign application access or restrict access to sensitive
applications
- Apply dynamic access policies aligned to user risk, including
limiting session length and requiring higher assurance factors for
MFA
- Adjust a user’s role and entitlement for authorization in
downstream applications
- Adapt password policies for complexity, history, expiration,
and reuse
This latest Okta integration also builds on the existing
Proofpoint Threat Response Auto-Pull (TRAP) integration, which
enables security teams to orchestrate response actions to protect
users who have clicked on phishing links.
For more information on the Proofpoint-Okta partnership, please
visit
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/partners/technology-alliance-partners.
For more information on Proofpoint’s Targeted Attack Protection,
please visit
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/products/ransomware-and-targeted-attack-protection.
About Proofpoint, Inc.Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:
PFPT) is a leading cybersecurity company that protects
organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: their people.
With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps
companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their
data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks.
Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the
Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint’s people-centric security and
compliance solutions to mitigate their most critical risks across
email, the cloud, social media, and the web. More information is
available at www.proofpoint.com.
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