For more than 20 years, I’ve been handling cybersecurity at BMC. I’ve got a lot of bumps and bruises to show for it, but I’ve also had the pleasure of seeing Okta and Netskope work together to help us build out an identity-first cloud security. As one of the largest software companies in the US, BMC faced a huge challenge when we moved to the cloud. We had traditional protections—rogue system detection, network admission control, trusted devices—but as our business pushed for services that were internet-accessible, those protections disappeared. Cloud-based infrastructure improved accessibility and productivity, but we couldn’t find a security solution that worked with our compliance requirements. That was when we discovered Netskope. They help industries understand the features of cloud use—such as shadow IT and mobility—and we brought them on to tackle device trust as they teamed up with Okta on the identity management front. And in partnering.