Okta Partners with VMware, CrowdStrike to Boost Log-In Security

Joint products aim to help protect corporate networks as remote work increases during pandemic.

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Okta Inc., a maker of identity management software, unveiled three cybersecurity partnerships meant to help safeguard corporate networks while millions of employees have been forced to work remotely.

Okta announced the agreements Wednesday with VMware Inc.’s Carbon Black unit, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. and Tanium Inc., companies that help protect networks and applications from unsafe software and devices. The software maker detailed the pacts ahead of its annual conference, which is now a virtual event because of stay-at-home orders in California resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.