en.Wedoany.com Reported - Vonage, a company under Ericsson, has announced the launch of the Vonage Protection Suite for Okta, designed for advanced multi-factor authentication (MFA). This pre-built, self-service connector enables Okta's enterprise customers to send one-time passwords (OTP) via the Vonage Verify Network API, integrating fraud protection capabilities powered by mobile networks.
The connector supports SMS and voice authentication, allowing Okta's enterprise customers to meet bring-your-own-telephony (BYOT) requirements without building custom telephony infrastructure. This solution is available through the Vonage Cloud Runtime Marketplace, Vonage's cloud-native platform for building, hosting, and distributing enterprise-grade communication applications across over 200 countries and regions.
Global enterprises rely on Okta to process tens of billions of authentications annually. With multi-factor authentication adoption reaching 70% of the workforce, the demand for reliable, fraud-aware telephony delivery is growing. Enterprises need to build SMS and voice solutions that maximize authentication success rates while defending against sophisticated threats such as artificially inflated traffic (AIT) and SIM swap fraud. The latter surged by 38% in 2025, with these attacks eroding trust, increasing costs, and putting end users at risk.
The Vonage Protection Suite for Okta addresses this by combining Vonage Verify's intelligent routing and delivery with mobile network-supported fraud protection (via Identity Insights and Fraud Defender). The connector leverages data and signal intelligence embedded in mobile networks to verify phone numbers before OTP delivery, detecting high-risk or compromised numbers early, and providing real-time fraud protection during delivery, helping enterprises improve authentication success rates while reducing fraud risk.
Unlike basic SMS integrations, Vonage Verify prioritizes successful user authentication. The solution includes automatic SMS-to-voice fallback, intelligent carrier routing across global networks, and automatic sender ID management for regulatory compliance, helping ensure reliable delivery while maintaining security.
With self-service deployment through the Vonage Cloud Runtime Marketplace, organizations can go from setup to first OTP delivery in minutes, without building and maintaining custom telephony integrations, accelerating time to production.
Christophe Van de Weyer, President of Vonage and Head of the API Business Unit, stated that enterprises using Okta need authentication that is not only fast but also trustworthy, meaning going beyond basic messaging to proactively prevent fraud. With this suite, intelligent OTP delivery and network-driven fraud protection are integrated into a ready-to-use solution, allowing security teams to focus on protecting users rather than building infrastructure.
