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Pulumi Makes Cloud Configuration Simple and Secure with Pulumi ESC

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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Infrastructure as code leader Pulumi today announced Pulumi ESC, a new solution to manage Environments, Secrets, and Configurations for cloud infrastructure and applications.

Key Points: 
  • Infrastructure as code leader Pulumi today announced Pulumi ESC, a new solution to manage Environments, Secrets, and Configurations for cloud infrastructure and applications.
  • We are thrilled that Pulumi ESC will help us manage these at scale more robustly with a simple and secure approach.”
    Modern cloud applications are dynamic and rely on many different cloud and SaaS services.
  • Pulumi ESC solves these problems by providing a simple and secure way to manage environments:
    Define Anywhere, Consume Anywhere: ESC can pull configuration and secrets from any source, and consume them in any application.
  • With Pulumi ESC, our community can now bring additional critical aspects of infrastructure management into their Pulumi workflow,” said Luke Hoban, CTO of Pulumi.

Honeycomb Closes Best Quarter in Company History Fueled by Rapid Adoption Among Engineering Teams

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Monday, October 16, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeycomb, the observability platform that enables engineering teams to solve problems they couldn't before, today announced several growth milestones, signaling strong product fit and market demand despite shrinking IT budgets amid a down economy. Adding to record momentum in 2022 where it achieved 2X YoY revenue growth, Honeycomb closed a record number of bookings in Q3 2023 while making four key executive hires across revenue, marketing, and developer community.

Key Points: 
  • Observability has never been more critical to engineering teams that are under intense pressure to effectively deliver and maintain software while navigating an increasingly complex tech landscape on tightening budgets.
  • With the right observability solutions and framework, engineering teams maximize their tech investments, resolve incidents faster, and retain top talent, ultimately leading to end-user satisfaction.
  • Through our partnership, Honeycomb has not only bolstered the reliability of our systems but also enhanced the confidence of our customer base."
  • Honeycomb continues to build strong momentum by adding several strategic hires focused on scaling the organization and growing revenue.

AWE Announces Start-Up Pitch Competition Finalists Vying for $200k at AWE EU 2023

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Augmented World Expo® (AWE), the leading series of worldwide events focused exclusively on the business of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), all known collectively as XR, today announced the finalists for the $200,000 XR Start-up Pitch Competition for AWE Europe.

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  • Chris is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and investor with more than 12 years of experience in the tech industry.
  • More than 100 exhibitors and sponsor brands have signed up for AWE Europe from October 24 and 25, 2023 in Vienna.
  • AWE (Augmented World Expo®) is the world's leading AR+VR conference and expo with events in the USA, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
  • For more information, please contact AWE PR Counsel Jonathan Hirshon at [email protected]

Multi-Factor Authentication Market worth $34.8 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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The services in the MFA market are critical as they support the proper functioning of software and hardware-based solutions.

Key Points: 
  • The services in the MFA market are critical as they support the proper functioning of software and hardware-based solutions.
  • By model type, the two-factor authentication segment is expected to hold the largest market size during the forecast period.
  • Two-factor authentication, often called two-step verification, is a security process wherein the user provides two authentication factors.
  • To describe and forecast the global Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) market by offering, software type, deployment mode, application, vertical, and region.

Multi-Factor Authentication Market worth $34.8 billion by 2028 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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The services in the MFA market are critical as they support the proper functioning of software and hardware-based solutions.

Key Points: 
  • The services in the MFA market are critical as they support the proper functioning of software and hardware-based solutions.
  • By model type, the two-factor authentication segment is expected to hold the largest market size during the forecast period.
  • Two-factor authentication, often called two-step verification, is a security process wherein the user provides two authentication factors.
  • To describe and forecast the global Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) market by offering, software type, deployment mode, application, vertical, and region.

BeyondID Named Okta 2023 Americas Partner of the Year

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Thursday, October 5, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BeyondID, a leading managed identity solutions provider, was named Okta's 2023 Americas Partner of the Year at Okta Partner Summit 2023. The Okta Partner Awards recognize BeyondID for their outstanding performance and contribution during the past year. BeyondID is the managed identity solutions provider that the most successful brands trust to bring their digital identity strategies to life and helps solve its customers' most complex identity challenges.

Key Points: 
  • This award recognized BeyondID for the company's revenue growth, impact on pipeline, and technical innovation
    SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BeyondID, a leading managed identity solutions provider, was named Okta's 2023 Americas Partner of the Year at Okta Partner Summit 2023.
  • The Okta Partner Awards recognize BeyondID for their outstanding performance and contribution during the past year.
  • "We are thrilled to have received Okta's Americas Partner of the Year award and be recognized for the second year in a row," said Arun Shrestha, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of BeyondID.
  • As an Okta Apex Partner, BeyondID is committed to being a trusted solutions provider creating secure experiences in both workforce and customer identity.

Yubico Delivers Secure, Seamless Passwordless Onboarding and Account Recovery with FIDO Pre-reg

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Yubico ( NASDAQ: 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.

Key Points: 
  • Yubico ( NASDAQ: 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.
  • Available exclusively as part of YubiEnterprise Subscription , FIDO Pre-reg simplifies the way organizations can adopt modern, phishing-resistant MFA with a frictionless and easy user experience.
  • “Organizations have historically been challenged to accelerate user adoption of phishing-resistant MFA and FIDO passkey solutions like YubiKeys at speed and scale,” said Jeff Wallace, senior vice president, product at Yubico.
  • If you’re an identity provider and are interested in learning more about FIDO Pre-Reg, contact us .

Okta Launches Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI for Real-Time Detection and Response

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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OKTANE 2023 — Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), the leading independent Identity partner, announced Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI (Identity Threat Protection), a new product for Okta Workforce Identity Cloud that delivers real-time detection and response for Identity-based threats.

Key Points: 
  • OKTANE 2023 — Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), the leading independent Identity partner, announced Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI (Identity Threat Protection), a new product for Okta Workforce Identity Cloud that delivers real-time detection and response for Identity-based threats.
  • Built with Okta AI and powered by insights pulled from an organization’s security stack, Identity Threat Protection extends security beyond initial authentication to any time a user is logged in.
  • This rapid, coordinated response capability not only allows organizations to neutralize Identity threats more effectively, but it also positions Identity Threat Protection as the connective tissue across the tech stack.
  • Collaborating with Okta’s Identity Threat Protection is a great opportunity to further empower enterprises with security signal sharing, helping them to better detect changes in user risk across their tech stack.”
    By leveraging shared signals throughout a user’s active session, Identity Threat Protection empowers organizations to mitigate risk with richer threat detection and response capabilities.

Okta Launches Cybersecurity Workforce Development Initiative to Help Close the Tech and Cybersecurity Skills Gap

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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The second is made up of 5,000 educational grants to unemployed professionals looking to make a career transition to cybersecurity by growing their Okta skills.

Key Points: 
  • The second is made up of 5,000 educational grants to unemployed professionals looking to make a career transition to cybersecurity by growing their Okta skills.
  • Despite the continued increase in cyber threat activity, the gap in cybersecurity talent continues to grow.
  • The 2022 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study identified a 3.4 million worldwide cybersecurity worker gap, with additional research indicating the broader tech talent gap at 40 million.
  • To learn more about Okta for Good and its work to help close the tech and cybersecurity skills gap, visit our website here .

Okta Introduces Okta AI – Securely Connecting People to Technology in the AI Era

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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Embedded across both Workforce Identity Cloud and Customer Identity Cloud , Okta AI powers real-time Identity actions using the latest AI models and Okta’s unique crowdsourced threat intelligence and Identity data.

Key Points: 
  • Embedded across both Workforce Identity Cloud and Customer Identity Cloud , Okta AI powers real-time Identity actions using the latest AI models and Okta’s unique crowdsourced threat intelligence and Identity data.
  • “As AI blurs the line between humans and machines, Identity is crucial to ensure we can securely connect people to technology,” said Todd McKinnon, Co-founder and CEO of Okta.
  • Okta is excited to work with Google Cloud and its comprehensive AI platform, Vertex AI , on Okta AI.
  • Capabilities with Okta AI will be embedded across both Okta Workforce Identity Cloud and Okta Customer Identity Cloud.