Today, analyst firm Forrester published The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q4 2019*, which recognized Okta as a Leader in the Zero Trust security market. The report also recognized Okta as having the highest possible score in the evaluation criteria of “people/workforce security,” “automation and orchestration,” and “manageability and usability.” As Dr. Chase Cunningham wrote in Okta’s vendor profile, Okta’s Zero Trust approach can be summed up in two words: “Identity Rules!” Check out the full report here. Why Identity-Driven Security? Before we dig into the full report, let’s take a step back. ”In 2009, Forrester developed a new information security model, called the Zero Trust Model, which has gained widespread acceptance and adoption*. The internal network could no longer serve as a barrier for trusted access to sensitive resources. Since then, the proliferation of mobile devices and rapid adoption of cloud services across the.