Okta, Inc., the world’s leading independent identity company, has announced a major expansion of its presence in India with the introduction of in-country Okta Platform tenants. This strategic move delivers local data residency and enhanced disaster recovery capabilities, while also supporting highly regulated industries such as banking, financial services, insurance, and healthcare as they adopt AI securely and defend against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
As Indian enterprises rapidly integrate AI into operations, security and governance frameworks are struggling to keep pace. According to Okta’s research, 91% of organizations already use AI agents, yet only 10% have a mature strategy to manage non-human identities. This growing gap highlights the urgent need for modern identity governance in the AI era. Okta directly addresses this challenge through its identity security fabric, which provides a centralized control plane to manage every identity human and non-human across all applications, environments, and use cases.
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“As AI agents enter the workforce, traditional perimeter-based security approaches can’t keep up,” said Stephanie Barnett, VP Presales and Interim GM, Okta APJ. “Okta is addressing this head-on with a unified identity security fabric that helps protect every identity human or AI with equal rigor. Our investment in India empowers innovators to embrace AI with confidence, compliance, and trust as they scale.”
With the launch of local platform tenants hosted on AWS, Okta is giving Indian organizations new tools to meet evolving regulatory, data sovereignty, and security requirements. These in-country tenants allow customers to store identity data within India, supporting organizations that require local data storage to align with internal policies or regulatory expectations. This investment helps enterprises strengthen trust and compliance, including adherence to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act) and sector-specific regulatory guidelines.
In addition, in-country tenants enable organizations to extend Okta’s identity security fabric to both human users and machine identities. As a result, businesses gain greater control and visibility, helping them protect against emerging AI-driven threats such as automated attacks, compromised agents, and identity misuse. Furthermore, Okta’s enhanced disaster recovery capabilities provide stronger business continuity, ensuring organizations remain secure and operational even during regional infrastructure disruptions.
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New and existing Okta customers are expected to be able to deploy in the India region starting in early 2026, marking a significant milestone in Okta’s long-term commitment to the country.
“AI agents are transforming how work gets done, but they also introduce new identity and security challenges. As Indian enterprises accelerate their digital transformation, securing every identity, human or AI has become mission-critical. Okta provides the identity security fabric that enables this trust, helping organisations in regulated sectors like Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) and healthcare protect sensitive data and identities within India’s borders,” said Shakeel Khan, RVP and Country Manager, Okta India.
Ultimately, by launching in-country tenants, Okta is not only reinforcing its investment in India but also empowering organizations to scale AI initiatives with stronger governance, local compliance, and resilient identity security foundations.
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