In the last few months, many people have had to learn how to work, absorb lessons, teach and collaborate effectively while physically distant. With all these changes, businesses, schools and governments have tried to keep other changes minimal, such as how we access the apps and data needed to do our work. So it’s no surprise that Okta’s most recent app usage report listed Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect as the fastest-growing security app in Okta’s integration network for the month of March. The GlobalProtect subscription for Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls extends consistent security policies to remote workers and assists in eliminating remote access blindspots. Prisma Access is the industry’s most comprehensive secure access service edge (SASE) platform that offers the same security and remote access capabilities as GlobalProtect and Next-Generation Firewalls, but from the cloud and without having to deploy new infrastructure. A recent blog post explored how Prisma Access has scaled rapidly to help our customers power the new normal. Both Next-Generation Firewalls – and now, Prisma Access – integrate with Okta Identity Cloud to further simplify the remote worker experience.
A good way to demonstrate the benefits of the Okta integration is to look at our own experience. Palo Alto Networks has been a corporate customer of Okta for several years, using Single Sign-On (SSO) and Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to ensure a cohesive and secure login experience for our workers. Like other businesses, Palo Alto Networks had to rapidly enable thousands of employees, contractors and third-party vendors in dozens of countries to work from home. In the month of March, our IT team saw a greater than 50% inc ..
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