Securing your Mobile Workforce with Okta and Espion
Executive Summary Distributed workforces and mobile devices are disrupting business as usual. End-users are frequently accessing applications and data from outside the corporate network. This presents new security challenges for IT. This eguide provides an overview of Okta s integrated identity, strong authentication and mobility management solution. It details how Okta solves these new, global security challenges. Okta Mobility Management and Okta MFA are easy to use, easy to manage, and enable IT to create powerful new security policies with integrated identity context. Okta Secures Your Mobile Workforce The world has changed. End-users are frequently accessing data outside the corporate firewall from a new generation of mobile devices. This access is great for business it allows for more flexible work environments. But, with increased access also comes increased risk of data breaches and threats from hackers. It s critical that enterprises protect their resources and secure this new mobile workforce in a user-centric way. 2 Find out more at espiongroup.com
# of devices per person 783 Reported number US of reported data breaches US data breaches in 2014 in 2014 2 today 3 by 2017 growth rate of 27.5% 614 27.5% 783 2013 2014 Estimated number of phones stolen 1.4mm 3.1mm 75% of CIOs planning to increase security spend this year 2012 2013 $3.5 mm 90% 75% Password Average cost of an enterprise security breach in 2014 of businesses will support some form of BYOD by 2017 of mobile applications will fail basic security tests through 2015 Okta solves these new, emerging security problems. Okta is an integrated identity, strong authentication and mobility management service that securely and simply connects people to their applications from any device, anywhere, at anytime. Okta Mobility Management combines the right parts of EMM with Okta s identity platform, and offers IT a single place to manage users, devices, and access to web and mobile apps. Okta Multifactor Authentication makes it easy to protect applications and resources with strong authentication consisting of multiple factors and adaptive policy. Okta Verify with Push is the easiest way to authenticate, with the push of a button on your smartphone. Okta Offers Powerful Security with Integrated Identity Integrating identity into mobility management and multi factor authentication solutions is essential. Okta identity management provides greater context about end-users, their security group memberships, and application entitlements. Because of this, Okta can support unique features such as automatically updating email passwords on mobile devices whenever the password is reset in Active Directory. Additionally, because Okta is fully integrated into all the enterprise applications, IT only needs to configure MFA once in Okta to secure all applications and resources. 3 Find out more at espiongroup.com
Convenient for End-Users MFA and EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management) have traditionally been very unpopular with end-users. For traditional EMM providers, enrolling a phone is difficult and users are concerned about loss of personal data (family photos, email, etc.). MFA is often burdensome to end-users, who don t like being constantly prompted to enter a code or having to carry a hard-token with them. With Okta Mobility Management and Okta Multifactor Authentication, these pain points no longer exist. Okta Mobility Management is easy to use with self-service enrollment. With selective wipe, enterprise data can be removed without impacting personal apps, photos, or email. Okta Verify with Push allows users to authenticate with the simple push of a button (as opposed to manually entering a code from their phone or hard token). Easy for IT Admins to Set-up, Manage and Maintain IT teams need tools that are secure, quick to deploy and easy to manage. Okta MFA s powerful security policies ensure that users are prompted for secondary authentication when accessing resources from high-risk locations. Administrators can selectively choose when to challenge users based on the country they are in, IP address, the application itself, groups and / or device. Okta Mobility Management gives IT a single tool to manage end- users, devices and access to web and mobile applications. 4 Find out more at espiongroup.com
About Okta Okta is an integrated identity and mobility management service. Built from the ground up in the cloud, Okta securely and simply connects people to their applications from any device, anywhere, at anytime. Okta integrates with existing directories and identity systems, as well as thousands of on-premises, cloud and mobile applications, and runs on a secure, reliable and extensively audited cloud-based platform. More than 2,000 customers, including Adobe, Allergan, Chiquita, LinkedIn, MGM Resorts International, Shire Pharmaceuticals and Western Union, use Okta to improve employee productivity, increase supply chain efficiency and revenue and improve compliance. The thousands of enterprises and cloud vendors, as well as the millions of people using Okta, are the foundation of the industry's fastest growing IT network for the cloud and mobile world. About Espion At Espion, we are unrivalled experts in managing and securing your business information, giving your people controlled, secure access to data, systems and applications. Espion Cloud Assurance offers you the confidence that your key information is secure in any Cloud deployment. Our team of expert consultants work with businesses to provide insights and solutions on a range of Cloud assurance issues. We can assist you at every stage of your Cloud journey from planning and assessment to ongoing review, incident management and compliance. Contact Espion for More Information Dublin Ireland Telephone: +353 1 210 1711 Email: enquiries@espiongroup.com London - United Kingdom Telephone: +44 845 050 1711 Email: enquiries@espiongroup.com 5 Find out more at espiongroup.com