Okta and Palo Alto Networks combine forces to create an identity-focused security defense system
In a bid to combat the escalating sophistication of modern cyber threats, Okta and Palo Alto Networks have announced a series of integrations designed to establish a unified security architecture that tightly interweaves identity management with broader security operations. Leveraging AI, the partnership aims to detect, respond to, and mitigate advanced threats in real time.
One of the key features of the new integrations is the native integration between Okta Workforce Identity and Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma Access Browser. This allows organisations to enforce stricter access controls, ensuring that all access to single sign-on (SSO) applications occurs exclusively through a secure browser. This reduces the risk of compromised device-based attacks and adds a layer of context-aware authentication.
Another significant aspect of the integrations is the bidirectional exchange of risk signals between Okta’s Identity Threat Protection (powered by Okta AI) and Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR and other Cortex platforms. This enables identity-related risk signals, such as authentication anomalies, device context, and user behaviour, to feed directly into the Security Operations Center (SOC) for more precise threat detection and automated response.
The integrations also ensure that security teams gain a consolidated, real-time view of identity risks across the organisation’s entire attack surface. This unified perspective is especially impactful in SOC environments where high-fidelity data from both identity and network security tools converges.
By combining Okta’s AI-powered identity risk detection with Palo Alto Networks’ Precision AI and Cortex platform analytics, the partnership enables a “fight AI with AI” approach. This is crucial as AI-driven credential attacks become more prevalent, necessitating equally sophisticated, automated defenses.
The system automatically triggers responses based on real-time identity risk signals, reducing manual intervention and accelerating incident remediation. The integrations prevent information silos and deliver a more holistic security posture, vital for large, distributed enterprises with diverse environments.
Organisations can ensure that only secure, authenticated sessions (via a compliant, secure browser) access critical applications, reducing the attack surface for credential-based threats. The unified platform aims to lower complexity and costs by streamlining tools and providing a single pane of glass for managing both identity and broader security risks.
These integrations collectively aim to create a seamless, identity-powered security fabric that adapts to the escalating sophistication of modern cyber threats, giving organisations the tools to “fight AI with AI” in a rapidly evolving landscape.
Summary Table: Integration Features and Outcomes -------------------------------------------------------- | Integration Feature | Outcome | |--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| | Okta Workforce Identity + Prisma Access Browser | Secure, context-aware access for SSO apps | | Okta AI + Cortex XDR/XSIAM (bidirectional signals) | Unified, real-time view of identity risks | | AI-driven risk detection and response | Automated, sophisticated threat mitigation | | SOC-centric integration | Faster, more accurate incident response |
- Okta and Palo Alto Networks have integrated their technologies to establish a unified security architecture, combining identity management with broader security operations.
- The integration between Okta Workforce Identity and Prisma Access Browser enforces stricter access controls, ensuring secure login to SSO applications through a secure browser.
- The bidirectional exchange of risk signals between Okta's Identity Threat Protection and Palo Alto Networks' Cortex XDR and other platforms allows for more precise threat detection and automated response.
- This partnership combines AI-powered identity risk detection with Precision AI and Cortex platform analytics, creating a "fight AI with AI" approach to combat AI-driven credential attacks.
- The integrations provide security teams a consolidated, real-time view of identity risks across the entire organisation's attack surface, reducing the risk of information silos.
- The system automatically triggers responses based on real-time identity risk signals, accelerating incident remediation and delivering a more holistic security posture, particularly for large, distributed enterprises.
- The integrations aim to create a seamless, identity-powered security fabric that adapts to modern cyber threats, giving organisations the tools to efficiently combat these threats in a rapidly evolving landscape.
