Key Takeaways
- Commvault is expanding its identity resilience portfolio to support Okta, with Early Access expected to begin in April 2026.
- Identity has become a primary attack vector, with 107 billion identity records exposed in 2024 and 57% of cyberattacks starting with compromised credentials.
- The new capabilities can help provide automated, policy-driven protection and granular, point-in-time recovery for critical Okta objects and configurations.
- Backup data is stored in immutable, air-gapped storage to help safeguard identity environments from ransomware and unauthorized changes.
- The solution extends Commvault’s unified identity resilience platform across hybrid environments and will be priced on a per-user basis.
Identity has become the new frontline of cyber defense – and the stakes have never been higher.
Today, Commvault is announcing the expansion of its identity resilience portfolio to include support for Okta, delivering automated protection and rapid recovery for one of the enterprise’s most critical control planes. Early Access is expected to begin in April 2026.
As credential theft accelerates and identity exposures surge worldwide, organizations can no longer treat identity systems as simply another application. Identity is the gateway to everything – users, applications, APIs, automation, and increasingly, AI agents. When identity fails, the business stops.
Why Identity Resilience Matters Now
The numbers tell a stark story:
- In 2024 alone, 107 billion identity records were exposed globally.
- 57% of cyberattacks began with a compromised identity.
The rapid growth of non-human, agentic, and API-based identities has dramatically expanded the attack surface. Meanwhile, hybrid cloud adoption, SaaS sprawl, and AI-enabled automation have elevated identity providers like Okta to mission-critical infrastructure.
While Okta is built on a resilient platform, when an identity provider is disrupted – whether due to human error, misconfiguration, ransomware, or malicious tampering – the consequences are rapid:
- Users are locked out.
- Applications fail to authenticate.
- Revenue-generating systems stall.
- Customer-facing services go offline.
And yet, many enterprises still rely on manual scripts and ad hoc processes to restore identity environments – increasing downtime, operational complexity, and risk.
That’s the gap Commvault is helping to close.
Bringing Automated Identity Recovery to Okta
Commvault’s expanded identity resilience capabilities can help provide automated protection and granular recovery for critical Okta objects and configurations.
Rather than rebuilding entire environments after an incident, organizations can precisely restore what was impacted – quickly and confidently.
“Identity is the new cyber battleground, with most modern attacks targeting identity systems,” said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault. “By extending our identity resilience capabilities to Okta, we’re helping customers protect one of their most critical control planes and helping ensusre they can rapidly recover access and maintain business continuity even in the face of disruption.”
Key Capabilities
Accelerated recovery from identity disruptions: Automated, policy-driven protection of critical Okta objects – including users, groups, applications, and policies – can help organizations to restore access quickly following outages, operational mistakes, or cyber incidents.
Granular, point-in-time recovery: Can help precisely restore only deleted, misconfigured, or compromised objects and settings. No full-environment rebuilds required.
Ransomware-resistant protection: Backup data is stored in Commvault-managed immutable, air-gapped storage isolated from production environments, helping safeguard identity data from ransomware and unauthorized changes.
Streamlined, integrated recovery: Recover complex, interconnected identity systems through a unified workflow – helping reduce operational overhead and save valuable time during incidents.
Unified identity resilience platform: Support for Okta extends Commvault’s single-platform approach across hybrid identity environments, helping maintain consistent policy enforcement, governance, and recovery across providers.
Early Access Coming April 2026
Commvault’s identity resilience support for Okta is expected to be available through public Early Access in April 2026, with general availability planned for Summer 2026.
The solution will be offered globally as part of the Commvault Cloud Identity Resilience suite and priced on a per-user basis.
If identity is now the enterprise control plane, resilience must extend to identity itself. With support for Okta, Commvault continues advancing unified resilience at enterprise scale – helping organizations recover faster, minimize disruption, and stay operational in the face of escalating identity-driven cyber risk.
Learn more about identity resilience here. Register now for our webinar Identity Under Attack: Take Back Control with Commvault Identity Resilience, Now Supporting Okta.
FAQs
Q: Why is identity resilience becoming a top priority for enterprises?
A: Identity systems now function as the enterprise control plane, governing access for users, applications, APIs, and AI agents. As credential theft and identity-based attacks increase, disruptions to identity providers can immediately halt business operations. Protecting and recovering identity infrastructure has become mission-critical.
Q: What does Commvault’s support for Okta include?
A: The expanded capabilities help provide automated protection and granular recovery for essential Okta objects such as users, groups, applications, and policies. This will help organizations restore specific items impacted by outages, misconfigurations, or cyber incidents without rebuilding entire environments.
Q: How does granular, point-in-time recovery benefit security teams?
A: Instead of performing full-environment restores, teams can precisely recover only deleted or compromised objects and settings. This approach helps reduce downtime, lower operational risk, and accelerate restoration of normal access.
Q: How does Commvault protect identity data from ransomware?
A: Backup data is stored in immutable, air-gapped storage managed by Commvault and isolated from production environments. This architecture helps safeguard identity configurations from ransomware and unauthorized modifications.
Q: When will Okta support be available?
A: Public Early Access is expected to begin in April 2026, with general availability planned for Summer 2026. The offering will be available globally as part of the Commvault Cloud Identity Resilience suite.
Q: How does this expansion fit into Commvault’s broader resilience strategy?
A: Adding Okta support helps strengthen Commvault’s unified, single-platform approach to identity resilience across hybrid environments. It enables consistent governance, policy enforcement, and recovery workflows, helping organizations maintain business continuity even during identity-driven disruptions.
Katharine Colucci is a Product Marketing Manager at Commvault.
