EMM and MFA without the WTF
Arturo Hinojosa April 21, 2015
If you happen to be at RSA this week, you’re likely to encounter all sorts of acronyms – including CSA, MDM, CISO, MFA, CCSK… the list goes on. Keeping up with all these acronyms is one thing – and trying to keep up with the latest technology is an entirely separate task. As we look at the proliferation of mobile devices – and additional security challenges that come with these devices – we’ve heard time and again, “Between EMM and MFA, there has to be a better way." This is a message that deeply resonates with Okta customers who have had experience with various EMM and MFA solutions - but why?
The same is true of MFA. We hear about costly security breaches almost every week, and at the same time we know that multi-factor authentication is one of the best ways to avoid them. But for whatever reason, people tend to think implementing MFA means you have to handcuff or hinder your people. Your users want simple access – and they don’t want to carry around extra pieces of hardware on their keychains.
We want to redefine what it means to implement EMM and MFA with a user-centric approach for securing your mobile workforce. We understand that to support BYOD, end users have to see the value in enrolling a personal device in mobility management, while at the same time not sacrificing privacy. That’s what we’re setting out to deliver with Okta Mobility Management and Okta Verify with Push – one single place to find and download all their mobile apps, as well as enabling secure access to accounts and data.
If you happen to be at RSA, we’d love to talk about how we’ve delivering EMM + MFA (without the WTF). Join us at the Okta booth S1645 in the South Hall of Moscone to learn how leading enterprises such as Del Monte, Twilio, LinkedIn and Avago Technologies are using Okta’s Mobility Management or Multifactor Authentication solutions to connect people to their applications from any device, anywhere, at anytime. We’re also giving out the latest Okta shirt, so stop by to get yours this week.