How the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Will Use Okta to Modernize its Identity Infrastructure

Vice Chairman, Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer

October 18, 2016

Today we’re excited to announce that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected Okta to improve the security, reliability, scalability and user experience for its Quality Payments Program (QPP).

We’re proud to already provide our HIPAA compliant-solutions to healthcare organizations. As we pursue our FedRAMP authorization under the sponsorship of the Department of Justice, we look forward to working with more organizations with important and pressing needs, and the potential for massive impact. Approximately one in every three Americans is enrolled in a CMS program — and by enabling the adoption of best-of-breed technology, we’re helping the agency fulfill its mission to strengthen and modernize the nation's healthcare system while providing quality care at lower cost.

CMS is leading the charge of forward-thinking government entities and we’re thrilled the agency has chosen Okta to provide identity solutions that fit its scale, reliability and regulatory needs. We plan to address several pain points for CMS’ Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) identity and access control system to greatly improve the end user experience and security in these key areas:

Scalability: Our cloud-based architecture will help CMS accommodate its millions of users and scale up during peak periods.
Security: We will enable CMS to securely control user access to the QPP website and other services, quickly provision and deprovision users, enable multifactor authentication and mitigate unauthorized access.
Agility: With Okta, CMS IT architecture will be more agile, allowing for much faster deployment of applications, services and new functionalities, removing the need for patching, maintenance and upgrades.
User experience: We will improve the user experience for system administrators, employees and customers by upgrading CMS’ user interface and enabling self-service features such as automated password reset.

Welcome to the Okta family, CMS! We look forward to working with you on your mission to provide all Americans access to coverage, better care and improved health.

Frederic Kerrest

Vice Chairman, Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer

Frederic Kerrest is the Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of Okta. He served as Okta’s Chief Operating Officer during his tenure where he was responsible for Okta's day-to-day operations and worked with employees, partners, and customers to deliver on the company's vision of freeing everyone to safely use any technology. As a key member of management, Frederic helped set corporate priorities to drive success for the company and its customers. He oversaw corporate strategy, corporate development, strategic partnerships, and Okta’s social impact arm, Okta for Good.

Prior to Okta, Frederic worked in sales and business development at Salesforce.com, and in venture capital at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.

Frederic is the author of Zero to IPO, a WSJ Bestseller guidebook to building startups based on his own experiences and those of some of the world’s most successful and recognizable entrepreneurs. The book was an outgrowth of his award-winning podcast of the same name, which features Silicon Valley founders, investors, and entrepreneurs sharing insights from their experiences building businesses. He advises early-stage software companies and serves as a Member of the MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the Sloan School of Management.

Frederic earned a B.S. in computer science from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he was the 2008 MIT Patrick J. McGovern, Jr. Entrepreneurship Award recipient.

How the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Will Use Okta to Modernize its Identity Infrastructure

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