Ben King

VP, Security Trust & Culture

Ben King is the Vice President for Security Trust and Culture at Okta. He leads the Field Security, Customer Assurance, Customer Audit, Security Communications and Culture teams operating across the Americas, Europe and APJ. Prior to joining Okta, Ben was in a regional cybersecurity leadership role for Symantec, and spent 11 years at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in a variety technology and cybersecurity strategy and governance roles, including as Cybersecurity lead for Europe. Ben has built a reputation for creating and leading high performing teams, having lived and worked in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney.

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3 ways Okta can help you improve your security posture and respect privacy-forward human rights

This is the second in our blog series on trust/security and human rights. You can find our first blog here. Identity is the connection between people and technology, and it’s the front door to all digital interactions. As the threats we face evolve, Identity has become increasingly important to our communities and workplaces. Cybercriminals are…

Beyond compliance: Elevating Okta’s ESG with security and trust

As the front door to all digital interactions, Identity is the connection between people and technology. Over the last 15 years, Okta has built an incredible ecosystem across our nearly 19,000 customers. Those customers trust Okta to connect their most precious assets: their employees and customers, and they trust Okta to do it securely while…

Elevating cyber risk conversations to the boardroom

Supply chain attacks highlight the criticality of third-party risk management, and cyber risk conversations in the boardroom is now more important than ever. Amidst an ever-evolving cyber threat landscape and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks, having cyber risk assessment conversations in the boardroom is now more important than ever…

How Can Organisations Protect Themselves From The Ransomware Pandemic?

Ransomware isn't new. The security frameworks to defend against the chains of attack leading to compromise aren’t new either. To understand how best to defend against ransomware, we must understand ransomware itself: the economics, the motivation, the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) as well as the changing landscape of the past 18…

Security or Useability: Overcoming the CISO Paradox

Among the longstanding challenges that information security leaders have grappled with for years, one stands out: the difficulty of balancing user experience and security. The traditional tug-of-war between ease of access to business-critical applications and resources and robust protection from hackers has never been easy. Until now. The…

Protecting Your Organisation From the Cyber Threat Gold Rush

It has been a tough year for information security teams. COVID-19 has completely redefined the cyber threat landscape and added brand new levels of complexity to an already demanding discipline. Organisations have had to rapidly adopt new technologies to enable remote working and scale-up digital touch points with customers. This has, at times,…