All over the world, governments are developing ambitious digital transformation strategies to provide better public services more efficiently and cost effectively. The UK government is no exception. In fact, it’s Government Transformation Strategy is one of the most far-reaching projects of its kind, aiming to use a £450m budget to save £3.5bn by the end of 2020, whilst continually improving services for employees, partners and citizens. Identity sits at the very heart of these plans, with the government aiming to have 25 million users of its GOV.UK Verify service by 2020. Yet security, compliance, financial and other challenges abound. The only way to overcome these and deliver much-needed benefits is to embrace identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) in the form of the Okta Identity Cloud. Under pressure to deliver For the Government Transformation Strategy to work, citizens, partners and civil servants need to be securely connected to the right resources and services.