Okta on AWS: Simplifying identity security to power innovation

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Stephen Lee

Vice President, Technical Strategy and Partnerships

Stephen Lee is Vice President, Technical Strategy and Partnerships at Okta. His charter includes technology partnerships, product strategy, and Okta Ventures. Stephen has also been a board member of the Identity Defined Security Alliance since 2018 — an organization consisting of many industry leaders to promote Identity-centric security.

Prior to joining Okta in 2010, Stephen spent over 10 years at Oracle serving multiple roles from engineering to product management in the area of Identity management.

21 January 2026 Time to read: ~

In the rapidly shifting landscape of cloud and AI, identity is becoming the foundation of enterprise security. Okta is working in lockstep with AWS as customers redefine what’s possible in the cloud, helping ensure their applications and workloads benefit from best-in-class identity security. For customers, this means you can stop worrying about the 'how' of security and focus on driving innovation and business outcomes. 

Here are a few new ways you can benefit from our collaboration:

Deploy identity faster with AWS’s multi-product solutions

To simplify procurement, AWS Marketplace now offers multi-product solutions, a new capability that enables partners to combine products and services into a comprehensive offering. As a launch partner, Okta is bundling its Identity Suites, featuring single sign-on (SSO), universal directory, workflows, and multi-factor authentication (MFA), along with critical professional services in a single listing. Customers can quickly deploy a robust identity foundation with expert guidance in days — not months — gaining control over identities before, during, and after authentication.

Streamlined identity management for AWS partners using Okta

We’re no stranger to the fact that managing multiple sets of credentials and constantly toggling between screens creates friction and hinders productivity. ​​To provide partners with a more streamlined experience, AWS has launched the AWS Partner Central experience in the AWS Console to consolidate features from Partner Central and the AWS Marketplace Management Portal. 

AWS partners using Okta can now leverage Okta's integration with AWS IAM Identity Center to access Partner Central with their existing Okta credentials. This means a single sign-on experience for managing partnership activities, leads, sales opportunities, and Marketplace transactions — without juggling multiple logins.

Accelerate time to value with AWS AI express private offers

Since reducing friction in the buying journey is just as crucial as removing it from the user experience, AWS introduced express private offers, a new AI-powered automation feature within the AWS Marketplace designed to dramatically accelerate sales cycles. 

An AWS-hosted AI chat agent takes qualification off your team’s plate and extends pricing instantly. This removes the traditional back-and-forth of negotiations and makes it easier for customers to acquire Okta's identity solutions for faster time to value. With express private offers, customers can now purchase the Okta Workforce Identity Starter Suite in seconds — with private discounts automatically applied. 

Secure and govern AI agents with AgentCore and Auth0 for AI Agents

Okta's Auth0 for AI Agents now supports Amazon Bedrock AgentCore agents, removing the undifferentiated heavy lifting of building custom security layers. This capability enables builders to deploy identity-aware agents with enterprise-grade protection from day one, allowing them to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure.

With Auth0 as the identity provider for the AgentCore Gateway, organizations can implement seamless JWT validation and zero-trust authorization, helping to ensure agents access downstream tools and APIs using only correct, short-lived tokens. Auth0 also enforces fine-grained security for RAG, helping verify that agents only retrieve and present data that the specific end user is explicitly permitted to view. This unified architecture empowers teams to secure their AI infrastructure and significantly accelerate time to production.

Learn how you can start building with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Auth0 today

Global expansion to enable data residency and compliance

As companies race to deploy AI tools, meeting local data residency and compliance requirements is more important than ever. Planned to launch in early 2026, we’re expanding our footprint with two regional tenants, built on AWS, in Canada and India

Companies in these regions can now provision Okta services with local data control to keep sensitive identity data within their national borders. The tenants deliver rapid failover capabilities for stronger resilience, providing nonstop protection and near-instant recovery that keeps core identity services operational 24/7 for global organizations.

See the full depth of the Okta and AWS collaboration.

About the Author

Stephen Lee

Vice President, Technical Strategy and Partnerships

Stephen Lee is Vice President, Technical Strategy and Partnerships at Okta. His charter includes technology partnerships, product strategy, and Okta Ventures. Stephen has also been a board member of the Identity Defined Security Alliance since 2018 — an organization consisting of many industry leaders to promote Identity-centric security.

Prior to joining Okta in 2010, Stephen spent over 10 years at Oracle serving multiple roles from engineering to product management in the area of Identity management.

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