From studying the mighty Inca to researching emperor penguins, National Geographic’s team of journalists, researchers and photographers have traveled the world to document the beauty and eccentricities of our planet. A 125-year-old company with employees all over the globe, National Geographic needed an identity solution that went beyond traditional IT — and that worked in an office and on the road. Dan Backer, director of infrastructure systems at National Geographic, spoke earlier this month at Oktane13 about how Okta helps his team secure the company’s diverse workforce. We jumped at the chance to sit down with Dan to learn more about how National Geographic uses Okta to traverse the technological domain. How was IT set up at National Geographic initially? Before we had Okta, we had a unique username and password for virtually every siloed application, unless they happened to integrate with Active Directory. Most Mac users, who are.