Okta is a privately owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2009, it employs approximately 7,650 individuals. The company functions as a digital identity provider, leveraging its Okta Identity Cloud platform to enable organizations to securely connect their personnel to various technologies.
On March 20, 2026, financial analyses compared Okta to other cybersecurity firms, with one evaluation weighing it against Zscaler as pure-play leaders in the growing cybersecurity market. Earlier the same day, Okta unveiled "Okta for AI Agents" at its Showcase event, positioning identity as a control layer for "agentic" AI systems and setting an April 30 general availability date for the new product. This followed another financial assessment earlier on March 20, which contrasted Okta with Palo Alto Networks, highlighting Okta's focus on identity and access management and cloud-based solutions for safeguarding user data, while Palo Alto Networks concentrates on next-gen firewalls, cloud security, and AI-driven threat detection.
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