Bloomberg Talks Okta CEO Talks AWS Outages, Growing AI Threats
Oct 20, 2025
Todd McKinnon, CEO of Okta, dives into the complexities surrounding AWS outages and their impact on cybersecurity. He highlights the importance of backup systems and redundancy in ensuring reliability. The conversation shifts to Okta's rapid growth, emphasizing a focus on identity management over complete cyber stacks. McKinnon also discusses the implications of AI advancements, how they drive demand for identity services, and the challenges posed by AI threats, particularly with the rise of tools like ChatGPT.
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Identity As A Critical Global Infrastructure
- Todd McKinnon frames identity as a neutral, global infrastructure critical to cybersecurity and business continuity.
- He argues identity must be reliable and continuously available for enterprises, consumers, and AI agents.
Specialize On Identity To Preserve Choice
- Okta focuses narrowly on identity rather than selling broad application or cybersecurity stacks.
- That focus lets customers connect identity across their stack and choose best-of-breed tools.
AI Growth Multiplies Identity Needs
- Rapid AI adoption drives huge demand for identity because AI agents increase automated connections.
- More AI deployments require secure, reliable identity and stronger connection governance.