Post by Mathew Graham

I'm thrilled to share that yesterday I joined Okta as Chief Security Officer, Asia Pacific. My career has taken me across every layer of the stack: building security foundations in government and community cloud infrastructure, to scaling security programs at Amazon Web Services (AWS), platform ecosystems at Salesforce and working with some of the best protecting enterprise SaaS at Workday. Throughout my journey, I've witnessed a fundamental shift. As AI agents become our digital colleagues and zero-trust architectures reshape how we think about security, the most critical question isn't what we're protecting - it's who we're trusting. This transformation will be powered by intelligent identity management that can adapt, learn and secure in real-time. That's why I'm here. At Okta I get to help customers go deeper - strengthening trust and helping them secure the next generation of AI agents with a neutral, extensible identity platform. Identity has always been at the heart of the stack and it’s never been more important. We'll be exploring the future of identity at #Oktane (Sep 24-26) and I hope to see many of you there. Huge thanks to Workday for an amazing run - special shout-outs to Robyn, Stephen, Leo, Mark, and the ANZ sales, presales, legal, public policy, and Security Assurance teams. You made the hard stuff fun. If you're an Okta customer in the region, I look forward to connecting. #identity #security #APJ #okta #Oktane