Enterprise security firm Tessian Ltd. today announced it’s offering integration with Okta Inc. to provide improved protection against enterprise security risks.

The integration follows a strategic investment in Tessian made by Okta Ventures. Okta will now integrate its identity platform with Tessian’s Human Layer Security platform to assist enterprises in better understanding and managing cybersecurity risks posed and faced by employees.

The Okta Tessian integration provides security and risk management teams with granular visibility into their organization’s riskiest or most at-risk employees. Consequently, teams can deploy policies that can protect particular groups of users from threats like advanced spear phishing and account compromise, as well as preventing accidental data leaks.

By combining Okta directory information and groups with the user profiles and real-time risk scores calculated by the Tessian Risk Hub, organizations will be able to deploy and enable specific security measures to individuals, depending on their level of risk. Security and risk management teams can identify what is driving risk in their company and take proactive steps to reduce it.

“By integrating our solutions, customers will be able to automatically detect their most high-risk employees and put in place stronger security measures and policies to keep them safe, without disrupting the normal flow of business,” Austin Arensberg, director of Okta Ventures, said in a statement. “Securing the human layer in this way not only stops threats like advanced phishing and account takeover, but it also improves the overall security posture of the enterprise.”

The integration with Okta comes following a busy year for Tessian that has seen the company raise $74 million. Along with Okta Ventures, Tessian investors include Citi Ventures, Sozo Ventures, March Capital, Balderton Capital, Latitude, Sequoia Capital and Schroder Adveq.

Okta has also been busy, having announced strong growth and a new customer identity and access management offering at its annual Showcase event last week. Having acquired Auth0 earlier this year, Okta has been heavily investing in it to cater to demand in the CIAM market.

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