Okta + Palo Alto Networks

Today’s enterprises are navigating a complex IT landscape—spanning on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments—while enabling a distributed workforce of employees, contractors, and partners.
To stay secure, organizations must verify every user and every device, enforce access controls everywhere, and respond to threats in real-time.
Weak or stolen credentials remain one of the most exploited attack vectors in modern breaches.

Okta + Palo Alto Networks combine leading identity, network and cloud security technologies to deliver end-to-end protection across users, devices, applications, and infrastructure.

Identity-powered access control across all environments with Okta Adaptive MFA and SSO
Policy-based access enforcement for all users—including partners and contractors—via integration with Palo Alto Networks firewalls, Prisma Access and Prisma Access Browser
Centralized visibility and threat detection through Palo Alto Networks Cloud Identity Engine (CIE), Cortex XDR and Identity Threat Protection with Okta AI (ITP)
Secure remote and internal access to both cloud apps and legacy systems with seamless Okta authentication and Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect VPN

122%

estimated ROI by streamlining security operations, enforcing consistent policies, and enhancing scalability¹

33%

reduction in operational costs through security tool consolidation and streamlined IAM workflows¹

$675,000

estimated annual security cost reduction¹

Strengthen security across a hybrid network with Adaptive MFA everywhere

Okta’s Adaptive MFA integrates deeply with Palo Alto Networks to strengthen the network perimeter—making it harder for threat actors to gain access with stolen credentials—as well as the assets inside, through policy-driven step-up authentication when users try accessing sensitive data.

With Okta and Prisma Access Browser, secure access to enterprise apps from any device by isolating untrusted endpoints and enforcing advanced browser-based protection. Okta’s context-based Zero Trust policies extend across all user actions in all apps, with granular data, identity, and access controls including MFA and just-in-time access.

Simplify and secure remote access to enterprise resources

Keep end users productive with easy, reliable, remote access to your internal network. Layer Okta’s SSO in front of Palo Alto Networks Global Protect VPN to streamline authentication and access to apps and other resources, whether in the cloud or on-prem.

Ensure comprehensive regulatory compliance

Industry compliance standards like HIPAA and PCI DSS demand a robust MFA solution that may be incompatible with older or homegrown or legacy apps and resources in your environment. Okta + Palo Alto Networks lets you deploy strong Adaptive MFA across the network, keeping the enterprise in compliance by protecting apps that need it but don’t natively support it.

Keep management tools and processes safe

SysAdmins typically need to access and control a variety of firewalls, servers, databases, and other critical infrastructure. These administrative accounts must remain secure at all times, but authenticating separately for them impedes workflow efficiency. Okta + Palo Alto Networks enables your security team to safely authenticate once and manage globally, giving you peace of mind.

Identify and contain identity-based threats

Enable real-time detection and response to identity-based threats by integrating Okta Identity Threat Protection with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR via the Cloud Identity Engine. By correlating identity data with endpoint and network telemetry, organizations can enforce dynamic, risk-based access policies—automating actions like step-up authentication or Universal Logout, based on evolving user and device risk.

A Unified Zero Trust Security Framework

Okta + Palo Alto Networks help organizations implement true Zero Trust—where identity is the new perimeter, and no access is granted without verification.

Whether users are remote or on-prem, internal or external, the joint integrations provide the visibility, control, and automation needed to proactively stop threats before they impact your business.