--- title: "Rsa cso corner: okta & Sumo Logic talk mfa, minimizing risk in the cloud" page_name: "RSA CSO Corner: Okta & Sumo Logic Talk MFA, Minimizing Risk in the Cloud" type: "blog" slug: "rsa-cso-corner-okta" published_at: "2018-04-18" modified_at: "2026-01-31" url: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/rsa-cso-corner-okta" canonical: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/rsa-cso-corner-okta" markdown_url: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/rsa-cso-corner-okta.md" lang: "en" excerpt: "Sumo Logic CSO, George Gerchow, will be live at RSA Conference 2018 all week talking to customers and partners for our CSO Corner video series. Yesterday, George caught up with Ernesto Tey of Okta to talk about the importance of MFA and using data intelligence to minimize security threats in cloud apps." taxonomy_blog_category: - "SecOps & Security" --- [ All blogs ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog "blog")[SecOps & Security](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/secops-security) # RSA CSO Corner: Okta & Sumo Logic Talk MFA, Minimizing Risk in the Cloud [Nicole Cieslak](#blog-author-block-242) April 18, 2018 1 min read [SecOps & Security](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/secops-security) ##### Table of contents RSA Conference 2018 is in full swing and our very own Sumo Logic CSO, [George Gerchow](https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgegerchow), will be live at the show all week talking to customers and partners for our CSO Corner video series. Yesterday, George caught up with one of our partners, [Ernesto Tey, VP of global ISV alliances at Okta,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ernestotey/) outside of the Sumo Logic booth to discuss the importance of using a single sign on solution to minimize risk with cloud workloads, improve the end-user experience, and onboard and de-provision users. Check out the video to learn how nearly 400 joint Sumo Logic/Okta customers are taking advantage of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and [feeding Okta identity data into the Sumo Logic platform](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/security/detecting-insider-threats-okta-sumo-logic/) to track, measure and identify usage patterns and potential malicious activity within their modern application and cloud infrastructure. Don’t forget to stop by **Sumo Logic Booth 4516 in North Hall,** and swing by Okta’s Booth 1421 in the South Hall for more information about [our integration](https://www.sumologic.com/application/okta/). ### Article Tags - [SecOps & Security](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/secops-security) Nicole Cieslak Nicole Cieslak is the marketing communications manager at Sumo Logic and editor in chief of the Sumo Logic blog, responsible for sharing company news, research, partner/customer stories and other happenings with external stakeholders. [](https://www.sumologic.com/feed "RSS Feed")[](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=RSA%20CSO%20Corner%3A%20Okta%20%26%20Sumo%20Logic%20Talk%20MFA%2C%20Minimizing%20Risk%20in%20the%20Cloud&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Frsa-cso-corner-okta "X")[](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Frsa-cso-corner-okta "Facebook")[](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Frsa-cso-corner-okta "Linkedin") [Previous blog RSA CSO Corner: Twistlock & Sumo Logic Talk GDPR, Container Security](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/rsac18-cso-corner-twistlock)[Next blog Challenges to Traditional Cloud Computing: Security, Data, Resiliency](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/cloud-computing-security-data-resiliency) People who read this also enjoyed [ AI across the security lifecycle June 18, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/ai-across-security-lifecycle)[ Balance AI innovation and governance with Sumo Logic AI and ML apps June 10, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/sumo-logic-ai-ml-apps-governance)[ Sumo Logic AWS Region European Sovereign Cloud is now generally available June 2, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/sumo-logic-aws-region-european-sovereign-cloud-generally-available)[ How digital banking is redefining fraud prevention May 28, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/digital-banking-redefining-fraud-prevention) [AI Instructions](https://www.sumologic.com/ai-instructions.md)