Security tool adoption jumps, Okta report shows

Identity
and
access
management
(IAM)
vendor
Okta
today
released
a
report
detailing
app
use
and
security
trends
among
its
broad
user
base.
Among
other
trends
it
identified,
the
report
found
that

zero
trust
security
policies
have
become
more
common,
and
uptake
of
a
wide
range
of
security
tools
has
been
sharply
on
the
rise.

Okta
survyed
17,000
customers
globally,
and
found
that
zero
trust
usage
among
its 
clients
has
increased
from
10%
two
years
ago
to
22%
today,
indicating
both
that
the
philosophy
is
more
popular
than
ever,
and
that
a
wide
swathe
of
the
market
is
still
there
to
be
captured,
according
to
the
report.

Technology
companies
are
the
leaders
in
zero
trust
adoption,
Okta
said,
with
34%
deploying
at
least
one
system
in
a
zero
trust
configuration,
and
7%
deploying
two.
The
finance
and
banking
sector
is
also
a
popular
area
for
zero
trust
deployments,
with
26%
using
at
least
one
zero
trust
configuration,
and
5%
with
two.

Security
tools,
from

mobile
device
management
(MDM)
to
training
apps,
are
increasingly
big
sellers
across
the
board,
Okta’s
report
found.

VPN
and

firewall
tools,
unsurprisingly,
were
the
single
largest
category,
with
31%
year-over-year
growth
in
customers.
Endpoint
management
and
security
applications
were
close
behind,
however,
at
25%
growth.
The
individual
app
with
the
fastest
growth
among
Okta
users
in
the
past
year,
according
to
the
report,
was
Kandji,
an
MDM
app
for
iOS
and
Mac.
That
app
gained
172%
more
customers
over
the
past
year.

Also
growing
fast,
as
mentioned,
were
sales
of
security
training
tools
like
KnowBe4
and
Proofpoint
Security
Awareneness
Training,
which
are
up
by
a
whopping
436%
over
the
past
four
years.
In
light
of
the
increase
in

ransomware
attacks,
that
number
is
fully
understandable.
Infrastructure
monitoring
and
server
access
tools,
as
well,
are
on
the
rise,
posting
66%
and
75%
growth
in
customers
over
the
last
two
years
respectively.

About Author

AndyC

Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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