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COMPANY NEWS: Popular generative AI security analyst can now be used to speed cybersecurity investigations and simplify threat hunting across a growing list of native and third-party sources

Phishing-resistant users build phishing-resistant enterprises. With the growing sophistication of cyber threats, enterprises that can efficiently raise the bar for security helps ensure protection of users and their data to effectively drive digital acceleration.

COMPANY NEWS: To help organisations achieve phishing-resistance at scale, we recently announced  the general availability of  Yubico Enrollment Suite – a set of offerings that includes Yubico FIDO Pre-reg and the brand new YubiEnroll – which delivers choice to enterprises in how they fast-track to a phishing-resistant stance and go passwordless by pre-enrolling YubiKeys with their Identity Platform (IdP) before delivering to end users.

Digital identity software provider Okta has massively upgraded its free tier, allowing any developer to include MFA in their apps, no matter if it is a hobby app or a commercial product. Okta has also upped the number of monthly active users from 7,500 to 25,000, and thrown in so much more.

COMPANY NEWS: Identity-based cyber attacks continue to prevail and impact organisations. Stealing credentials was the top initial action in breaches, according to Verizon. Plus, 84% of identity stakeholders surveyed said identity-related incidents directly impacted their business, resulting in reputational damages, distraction from core business, and increased recovery costs.

There has been an increase in AI-driven phishing attacks in Australia with research revealing that Australia is within the top 10 countries alongside US, UK, India and Germany targeted by phishing scams.

COMPANY NEWS: 

• Accelerated recurring revenue to greater than 80% of total revenue while delivering profitable growth exceeding the "Rule of 40"
• Released advanced capabilities across the BeyondTrust Platform in 2023 to provide customers with unmatched visibility and control in their relentless battle against sophisticated cyber threats

COMPANY NEWS: Yubico, the leading provider of hardware authentication security keys, announced the initial availability of Fido Pre-reg, an industry-first capability that delivers secure and seamless passwordless onboarding and account recovery/reset from day one at scale for enterprises.

Two teenagers have been found guilty of involvement in a number of attacks that included breahes of Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games, the BBC reported.

Guest Interview and Case Study: When one of the world's great global identity companies meets one of the world's great global tech companies with an operations platform that unlocks the power of observation at scale, both companies get to work on their core competencies, multiplying the value that's delivered, with this great "fireside chat" style discussion between myself, Richard Marr of Okta, and James Simpson from SafetyCulture available to watch below!

Guest Interview and Case Study: When one of the world's great global identity companies meets one of the world's great global tech companies with an operations platform that unlocks the power of observation at scale, both companies get to work on their core competencies, multiplying the value that's delivered, with this great "fireside chat" style discussion between myself, Richard Marr of Okta, and James Simpson from SafetyCulture available to watch below!

Identity provider Okta has released a new identity verification feature within Zoom that leverages Okta to authenticate a meeting attendee's identity by email in Zoom meetings using end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

Identity provider Okta has appointed Clarence Cheah to the role of head of growth strategies for Asia-Pacific and Japan.

GUEST RESEARCH: With the release of its 2023 Businesses at Work Report, Okta confirms Lucid Software as a top most popular application based on number of customers, with Lucidchart jumping to number 13 on the list. Lucid first saw inclusion on the Okta report in 2015 and has been included as a most popular application since 2020.

Identity provider Okta has appointed Neville Vincent as vice president for Asia to oversee the company’s regional business operations.

COMPANY NEWS: Jamf, the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, announced that as of 31 December 2022, it is now helping approximately 71,000 active customers succeed with Apple and is running on approximately 30 million devices worldwide.

Apple enterprise management specialist Jamf is using its Jamf Nation User Conference to showcase a range of new capabilities.

COMPANY NEWS: Varonis Systems, a pioneer in data security and analytics, today announced a force multiplier for Salesforce admins—one-click permissions comparison and analysis.

GUEST INTERVIEW: In the midst of Okta's City Tour in Sydney, Australia, Philip Goldie, the VP and MD of Okta ANZ joined iTWireTV to update us on the Okta journey in 2022, the main messages of the City Tour, the role of customer identity management and more.

GUEST INTERVIEW: In the midst of Okta's City Tour in Sydney, Australia, Philip Goldie, the VP and MD of Okta ANZ joined iTWireTV to update us on the Okta journey in 2022, the main messages of the City Tour, the role of customer identity management and more.

Developer company Secure Code Warrior and independent provider of identity Okta have collaborated to deliver the Secure Code Warrior Connector for Okta Workflows, a solution for organisations and developers to write secure code from the start of the software development lifecycle.