Identity & Access Management , Security Operations , Video

Okta Exec Sagnik Nandy on Protecting the Extended Workforce

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Sagnik Nandy, president and chief development officer for workforce identity, Okta (Image: Okta)

The standard guardrails organizations use to protect employee identities are often ineffective for contractors, business partners or vendors since they bring their own devices.

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Many businesses excel at access management in an environment where they have complete control over the devices and software but struggle to implement identity safeguards in an extended workforce setting that's more heterogeneous and offers fewer controls, says Okta President Sagnik Nandy. Firms must adjust their detection, protection and resolution policies to safeguard the extended workforce (see: Okta Clears Up Customer Identity Confusion as SMB Sales Dip).

"In a setup where everyone can bring in their own device and there's a proliferation of the types of operating systems and devices, you need a neutral solution," Nandy says. "Many of these users are not limited to a single device. They will be going back and forth across these devices, and you want to create as much consistency as you can create while being in this heterogeneous environment."

In this video interview with Information Security Media Group, Nandy also discusses:

  • The major differences between safeguarding employee and nonemployee identities;
  • Okta's differentiators in the identity governance and privileged access markets;
  • The impact on the identity market of Thoma Bravo purchasing SailPoint, Ping Identity and ForgeRock.

Nandy is responsible for leading engineering, business technology and strategic planning of product development activities at Okta. Prior to joining Okta in August 2021, he served as vice president of engineering at Google, where he oversaw several critical components of its core advertising business, which is the backbone of Google's growth and revenue. During his 15 years at Google, Nandy also helped build the company's measurement and analytics offerings and took several products from inception to becoming market leaders. Nandy has extensive experience in senior leadership positions and end-to-end technology development and design.


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Michael Novinson

Michael Novinson

Managing Editor, Business, ISMG

Novinson is responsible for covering the vendor and technology landscape. Prior to joining ISMG, he spent four and a half years covering all the major cybersecurity vendors at CRN, with a focus on their programs and offerings for IT service providers. He was recognized for his breaking news coverage of the August 2019 coordinated ransomware attack against local governments in Texas as well as for his continued reporting around the SolarWinds hack in late 2020 and early 2021.




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