Singapore – Okta and Deloitte have entered into a strategic alliance across Asia Pacific and Japan, aimed at helping organisations modernise identity governance and build stronger security foundations as artificial intelligence adoption accelerates across the region.
Announced on 2 September 2026, the tie-up brings together Deloitte’s cyber, identity, and business transformation expertise with Okta’s Workforce Identity and Customer Identity platforms.
According to the companies, the alliance will focus on highly regulated and complex sectors, including financial services, government and healthcare, as well as other industries undergoing large-scale digital transformation.
Organisations across APJ are said to be at markedly different stages of cloud, identity, and AI adoption, operating within a diverse range of regulatory environments that each present distinct challenges around security, governance and modernisation.
At the same time, the rapid rollout of AI agents and automation is reshaping who, and what, requires access to enterprise systems.
As AI agents and other non-human identities take on more tasks and connect to a growing number of applications and data sources, Okta and Deloitte say organisations need greater visibility over what has access, what that access allows, and how it is governed.
Through the alliance, the two companies aim to help organisations integrate identity more directly into broader transformation, security and AI initiatives, while strengthening access management and oversight across increasingly complex environments.
“Every CIO and CISO I speak to is asking the same question: how do we safely adopt AI? Across APJ, organisations are moving quickly, but many still lack visibility into how AI is being used across their organisations”, said Dan Mountstephen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, APJ at Okta.
“As AI agents connect to more systems and data, organisations need greater visibility and control over what they can access and how they operate,” Mountstephen further explained.
“AI agents are forcing organisations to rethink traditional approaches to identity and security. Point solutions designed for individual security challenges are no longer enough. Securing AI requires identity, security, governance and border business transformation to come together”, he added.
“That’s why our partnership with Deloitte is important. Together, we can help organisations build stronger security foundations for adopting AI safely and at scale”, Mountstephen continued.
For its part, Deloitte frames the alliance as a response to organisations trying to modernise legacy technology environments while simultaneously preparing for the next wave of AI-driven transformation.
“Many organisations are looking to modernise legacy technology environments while also preparing for the next wave of AI-driven transformation. That requires identity to be embedded more effectively into broader business and technology strategies, rather than treated as a standalone security function,” said Liz Douglass, Partner, Cyber at Deloitte.
“Identity now sits at the intersection of security, customer experience, regulatory compliance and AI governance. Working with Okta enables us to help organisations modernise identity as part of broader transformation programmes while establishing a stronger foundation for future growth and innovation,” Douglass concluded.
The alliance arrives as businesses across the region weigh how to scale AI deployment without losing sight of governance and accountability, a tension both companies say is becoming increasingly central to enterprise security strategy.
