A veteran in the software industry, Karun has been working on application security and identity access management since 2002 and have worked in a range of capacities from application development to domain consultancy. His previous roles were with ForgeRock as Principal Solutions Architect Wipro and Oracle. He has covered geographies ranging from Middle East to Australia during his career and has worked in product principal companies and system integration companies in the IDM space. He has spoken and participated in numerous security events and presented identity management to both business audience and technical communities. His current responsibility at OKTA is to grow the Asia business, as a Senior Sales Engineer to delight the customers with the our Workforce and Customer Identity solutions Karun lives in Singapore with his wife, and 2 daughters, and he loves traveling and listening to all kind of music from Buddy Guy to AR Rahman to Dr Dre.
Zero Trust security throws away the idea that we should have a “trusted” internal network and an “untrusted” external network. The adoption of mobile and cloud means that we can no longer have a network perimeter-centric view of security; instead, we need to securely enable access for the various users (employees, partners, contractors, etc.) regardless of their location, device or network. There is no silver bullet when it comes to achieving a Zero Trust security architecture, but identity and access management is the core technology that organizations should start with on their Zero Trust journeys.
We’ll explore the shifts in the security landscape that led to the creation of Zero Trust, what the Zero Trust Extended Ecosystem (ZTX) framework looks like today, and how organizations can utilize Okta as the foundation for a successful Zero Trust program now, and in the future.