Okta for US Military achieves Department of War impact level 5 provisional authorization

The platform is engineered to help meet the core pillars of an Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) strategy, providing verified access to mission-critical systems. By standardizing IL4 and IL5 workloads within a single cloud environment, Okta enables mission owners to shift their focus from managing complex infrastructure to driving innovation.

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"Achieving IL5 authorization is a critical milestone for defense organizations racing to meet the DoD's 2027 Zero Trust mandate," said Amy Johanek, Vice President of Federal at Okta. "For too long, there has been a false choice between adopting rapid, enterprise-grade innovation and maintaining mission-critical stability. With Okta for US Military, we help remove that friction. We are equipping the DoD to modernize the front line of security, reduce privilege creep at the source, and accelerate their path to full Zero Trust compliance."

Why it Matters:

The DoD Zero Trust Strategy mandates that by September 30, 2027, all DoD components and their Defense Industrial Base partners must achieve "Target Level" zero trust compliance or risk losing access to defense networks and contracts. This transition is exacerbated by legacy systems and fragmented infrastructure that have historically forced defense leaders to choose between mission stability and innovation.

With Okta for US Military, agencies can replace complex identity security stacks with a unified identity control plane that enables the DoD to streamline multi-cloud security, and deliver seamless, phishing-resistant access to defense personnel anywhere in the world.

With Okta for US Military now IL5 authorized, the DoD and approved mission partners can:

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• Protect Mission-Critical Data: Leverage a next-generation security architecture explicitly authorized to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and National Security Systems (NSS) workloads.

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• Establish a Mission-Ready Zero Trust Architecture: Deliver centralized, risk-based, and automated security controls that align with DoD Zero Trust principles, supporting both Common Access Card (CAC) and non-CAC communities.

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• Enable Agile Operations at the Tactical Edge: Facilitate secure, future-ready integrations across diverse systems from hybrid cloud deployments to the tactical edge helping ensure individuals have reliable access.

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• Streamline Compliance and Risk Management: Enforce flexible, policy-driven routing based on strict NIST Identity Assurance Levels (IALs), empowering defense teams to proactively defend against identity attacks and efficiently manage risk across all applications.

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Building on the recent addition of Okta Workflows and Okta Identity Governance to automate key identity functions, such as the System Authorization Access Request (SAAR), Okta for US Military now includes Identity Threat Protection. This new capability creates an extensible identity fabric that amplifies threat insights across the defense ecosystem while providing the scale necessary to manage complex, multi-organization environments.

For more information on Okta's approach to security, service certifications, real-time system status, and uptime metrics, please visit the Okta Trust Page.

To learn more about Okta's identity solutions and work with U.S. defense agencies, please visit Okta for the Department of Defense or the Support Center.

The platform is engineered to help meet the core pillars of an Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) strategy, providing verified access to mission-critical systems. By standardizing IL4 and IL5 workloads within a single cloud environment, Okta enables mission owners to shift their focus from managing complex infrastructure to driving innovation.

"Achieving IL5 authorization is a critical milestone for defense organizations racing to meet the DoD's 2027 Zero Trust mandate," said Amy Johanek, Vice President of Federal at Okta. "For too long, there has been a false choice between adopting rapid, enterprise-grade innovation and maintaining mission-critical stability. With Okta for US Military, we help remove that friction. We are equipping the DoD to modernize the front line of security, reduce privilege creep at the source, and accelerate their path to full Zero Trust compliance."

Why it Matters:

The DoD Zero Trust Strategy mandates that by September 30, 2027, all DoD components and their Defense Industrial Base partners must achieve "Target Level" zero trust compliance or risk losing access to defense networks and contracts. This transition is exacerbated by legacy systems and fragmented infrastructure that have historically forced defense leaders to choose between mission stability and innovation.

With Okta for US Military, agencies can replace complex identity security stacks with a unified identity control plane that enables the DoD to streamline multi-cloud security, and deliver seamless, phishing-resistant access to defense personnel anywhere in the world.

With Okta for US Military now IL5 authorized, the DoD and approved mission partners can:

• Protect Mission-Critical Data: Leverage a next-generation security architecture explicitly authorized to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and National Security Systems (NSS) workloads.

• Establish a Mission-Ready Zero Trust Architecture: Deliver centralized, risk-based, and automated security controls that align with DoD Zero Trust principles, supporting both Common Access Card (CAC) and non-CAC communities.

• Enable Agile Operations at the Tactical Edge: Facilitate secure, future-ready integrations across diverse systems from hybrid cloud deployments to the tactical edge helping ensure individuals have reliable access.

• Streamline Compliance and Risk Management: Enforce flexible, policy-driven routing based on strict NIST Identity Assurance Levels (IALs), empowering defense teams to proactively defend against identity attacks and efficiently manage risk across all applications.

Building on the recent addition of Okta Workflows and Okta Identity Governance to automate key identity functions, such as the System Authorization Access Request (SAAR), Okta for US Military now includes Identity Threat Protection. This new capability creates an extensible identity fabric that amplifies threat insights across the defense ecosystem while providing the scale necessary to manage complex, multi-organization environments.

For more information on Okta's approach to security, service certifications, real-time system status, and uptime metrics, please visit the Okta Trust Page.

To learn more about Okta's identity solutions and work with U.S. defense agencies, please visit Okta for the Department of Defense or the Support Center.