



Okta chief operating officer and co-founder Frederic Kerrest says, "In today's zero trust world, MFA is no longer a luxury. YubiKeys, hardware-based protection in the form of physical devices, provide an option for a second factor in Okta MFA.īecause highly privileged roles such as IT administrators and executives have access to a broad scope of user controls and information, Okta and Yubico have partnered to offer customers a way to get started with a free YubiKey Starter Pack with Okta MFA. To help prevent and mitigate credential compromises – which account for more than 80% of data breaches – organisations are increasingly adopting MFA and using stronger step-up authentication with Okta Adaptive MFA to better protect their sensitive user data. Identity and access management solution provider Okta and authentication security key provider Yubico have announced a new initiative to provide a free YubiKey Starter Pack to every Okta customer that uses Okta Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or Okta Adaptive MFA.īy offering strong hardware-based protection of the YubiKey as a factor option with Okta's MFA solutions, Okta and Yubico can provide an added layer of security for highly target individuals in an enterprise.
