Okta Announces New Advanced Server Access Capabilities to Accelerate Secure Cloud Infrastructure Development for Digital Initiatives

New features speed scale, synchronization, automation, and compliance across dynamic server fleets

Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today at Okta Showcase, announced major advancements to Okta Advanced Server Access to accelerate scalability and compliance of cloud infrastructure. DevOps teams building in the cloud can now integrate with providers like Terraform to scale identity-driven infrastructure and build no-code automation through Okta Workflows. Additionally, Okta Advanced Server Access is keeping Zero Trust principles at the forefront of digital initiatives through new functionality like PolicySync to synchronize access policies across infrastructure tools, while maintaining rigorous compliance demands through Session Capture.

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The on-premises infrastructure of today has proven to be rigid and inflexible in an era that requires rapid innovation and scalability to meet new market demands and opportunities. Cloud infrastructure has become the choice of DevOps teams streamlining the delivery of software and driving continuous innovation in today’s remote and digital-first technology landscape. But with increased pace of innovation and constant access comes concerns for security and compliance, where cloud infrastructure resources must have centralized access controls. DevOps and product teams building and scaling digital projects need to drive secure, compliant, development velocity that can dynamically grow with user demand.

“Digital customer projects have been dramatically accelerated, and those builds start with infrastructure,” said Todd McKinnon, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Okta. “Okta Advanced Server Access’s centralized, Zero Trust identity approach equates to speed for the DevOps teams tasked with building customer-facing projects. Ultimately, Okta Advanced Server Access makes it faster and more secure to build from anywhere with identity and access management at the heart of infrastructure access. We’re pushing that platform-centric vision for Okta Advanced Server Access further through new features and integrations that meet today and tomorrow’s scalability, security, and compliance needs.”

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Additional security innovations, PolicySync and Session Capture, push a Zero Trust philosophy deeper into cloud infrastructure. PolicySync saves time while keeping security high across dynamic fleets of servers through access policy synchronization with existing Amazon Web Services and GitHub Projects. Session Capture builds on Advanced Server Access compliance capabilities by moving beyond access logs to capture Linux Server SSH traffic at the command-level, delivering logs to an encrypted secure location within an organization’s corporate network for further inspection.

With these advancements to Advanced Server Access, enterprises can now:

• Securely respond to spikes in demand while offering IT visibility: Enable DevOps to provision resources across Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure while keeping the underlying identity and access policies across servers.
• Adhere to Zero Trust principles across dynamic fleets of servers: Use granular, role-based access controls and command-level privileges using Projects, Labels, and Entitlements synced across cloud infrastructure providers and tools.
• Extend collaboration and support tools: Automate access to servers based on event triggers for pre-defined time windows with additional actions through tools like Slack or ServiceNow.
• Solve privileged access compliance requirements: Meet the complexities of server access compliance all linked to a user’s identity record in the Okta Identity Cloud, meeting FedRAMP, SOC 2, and PCI Compliance.

“Educators and students all over the world depend on McGraw Hill’s learning solutions for their educational experiences,” said Joe Turbett, Chief Enterprise Architect, McGraw Hill. “Education has never been more dependent on technology than it is today, and we are delivering exceptional digital products to meet this moment. Okta Advanced Server Access enables us to deliver secure access to thousands of servers from anywhere on the globe, meeting the rising demand for our solutions, all while remaining compliant.”

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