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TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2021 — Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), and other industry cyber experts have encouraged the implementation of a zero trust approach at government agencies following the exploitation of a SolarWind software vulnerability that affected at least eight agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday.

Habib Hourani, a solutions engineer at San Francisco-based identity management services provider Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), said the U.S. government is building policy around cloud computing platforms and an example of that is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s issuance of the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 Interim Telework Guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Habib Hourani, a solutions engineer at San Francisco-based identity management services provider Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), said having deeper insights into employees and citizens could help agencies achieve frictionless and secure authentication and improve customer experience.

Ted Girard, former vice president of Okta's public sector unit, has taken a similar position at cloud data warehousing technology provider Snowflake, G2Xchange ETC reported Wednesday. He brings 24 years of technology sales experience in the federal civilian and defense sectors to his new role.

Mark Settle, chief information officer at San Francisco-based identity management services provider Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), has said government agencies should implement data analytics and identity authentication processes in order to adapt and improve the defense of their information technology systems from cyber threats. Settle wrote that advanced analytics could help organizations …

Chris Niggel, director of security and compliance at San Francisco-based identity management services provider Okta (Nasdaq: OKTA), has said government agencies seeking to protect information systems from cyber threats should adopt security controls “that match the level of risk.” Niggel wrote that choosing such controls begins with the process of …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 27, 2016 — Carahsoft Technology has included Okta‘s technologies to its Schedule contract with the General Services Administration and Solutions for Enterprise Wide Procurement V contract with NASA, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Okta’s identity and mobility management technology are now available via the GSA Schedule while its cloud-based products are offered via SEWP …

Andrew Wittman, formerly chief marketing officer at CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA), has been appointed to the same role at identity and access management software firm Okta, Recode.net reported Thursday. Arik Hesseldahl writes that Wittman spent eight years at CA Technologies, where he served as senior adviser to the CEO before he …