Daniel Watts

Product Marketing Manager

As Okta's SLED Industry Product Marketing Manager, Daniel Watts develops strategic messaging that showcases how Identity solutions can address the unique challenges facing state and local government and educational institutions. With a deep background in the GovTech space, Daniel translates complex Identity technologies into clear strategies that support digital modernization initiatives across the public sector. His work helps technology leaders implement solutions that improve workforce, citizen, and student experiences while building trust in government and educational services.

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The Labubu blind box for your enterprise: Unmasking AI agents across industries

Imagine you're a security or IT leader, and your organization's digital landscape is like a collection of Labubu blind boxes. Each box represents a new AI agent or automated workflow. You know there's a non-human identity (NHI) or machine learning model in there, and it's intended to do something beneficial, like accelerate the US Department of…

Identity as a catalyst: Transforming government culture in the digital age

Government digital transformation is as much about culture as it is about technology. As the saying goes, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast," and while discussions often center on authentication, security, and integration, the most significant changes arise when we recognize identity as the cornerstone of new ways to work, serve, and connect…

Simplify identity management in higher education with Okta and AWS

It’s not so long since IT teams in higher education were viewed primarily as the folks who reset students’ long-forgotten passwords or restarted the projector when it froze during a lecture. Today, you’re cybersecurity guardians, responsible for protecting a more interconnected infrastructure than ever. The rise of cloud computing and hybrid…

Building resident trust: How a seamless Identity platform transforms U.S. government services

The digital government opportunity Digital government services consistently trail behind the private sector in user satisfaction. In 2023, a Deloitte survey revealed a gap of 21 percentage points between customer satisfaction with digital government services and the private sector. Last year, a Qualtrics report revealed that customer satisfaction…