Okera
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Okera owns and operates a data management platform. It provides an Okera Active Data Access Platform, which facilitates the provisioning, accessing, governing, and auditing of data ensuring data protection and faster data access.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2016 | |
| HQ | San Francisco, US | Map |
| Website | okera.com |
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Latest Updates
| Employees (est.) (Nov 2020) | 55 | |
| Cybersecurity rating | A | More |
Key People/Management at Okera
Nick Halsey
Chief Executive Officer
Nong Li
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Ravi Ramachandran
Vice President of Sales
Itay Neeman
Vice President of Engineering
Ethan Kurzweil
Board Member
John Marchese
VP of Global Alliances & Partner Channels
Okera Office Locations
Okera has offices in San Francisco and Seattle
San Francisco, US (HQ)
995 Market St, San Francisco
San Francisco, US
655 Montgomery St 7th floor, San Francisco
Seattle, US
600 1st Ave #600c
Okera Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2016 |
Okera total Funding | $29.6 m |
Okera latest funding size | $15 m |
Time since last funding | 8 months ago |
Okera investors | Menlo Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Nick Rau, Gokul Rajaram, Michael Stoppelman, Anand Swaminathan, Capital One Growth Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Emergent Ventures, Paul Daugherty, ClearSky Security |
Okera's latest funding round in April 2020 was reported to be $15 m. In total, Okera has raised $29.6 m
Okera Cybersecurity Score
Okera Online and Social Media Presence
261 Twitter followers
Okera has 261 Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 3.6% month over month and increased 11.9% quarter over quarter
Okera's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @okerainc
762
Tweets
275
Following
261
Followers
50
Tweets last 30 days
1.7
Avg. likes per Tweet
84%
Tweets with engagement
Okera News and Updates
October 28, 2020
vArmour and Okera Partner to Secure Identity-Based Access to Applications and Data Across Hybrid Environments
First end-to-end solution for securing user access to critical applications and data enterprise-wide First end-to-end solution for securing user access to critical applications and data enterprise-wide
April 25, 2019
Okera Introduces Attribute-Based Access Control for Data Lake Security and Access Management
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Okera, the leading active data management company for data lake security and governance, today announced the release of new attribute-based access control (ABAC) and automated business metadata tagging and policy enforcement capabilities....
April 25, 2019
Okera ups its game in data lake governance
Data governance startup Okera Inc. today is adding attribute-based access control and automated business metadata tagging to the policy enforcement capabilities of its software for managing, securing and governing data access on data lakes at large scale. The company, which launched from stealth mo…
March 29, 2019
Okera Wins Strata Data Award for Most Disruptive Startup
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Okera, the leading active data management company for data lake security and governance, has been named the winner in the Most Disruptive Startup category of the annual Strata Data Awards. The winners were announced during the keynote on March ...
March 07, 2019
Okera Announces Industry's First Fine-Grained Access Control for Unstructured and Structured Data
SAN FRANCISCO, March 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Okera, the leading active data management company for data lake security and governance, today unveiled the industry's first fine-grained access control for unstructured and structured data on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) data...
September 21, 2018
Okera Enhances Active Data Access Platform for Greater Visibility Into Data Usage and Governance That Scales
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Okera today released the latest update to the Okera Active Data Access Platform with version 1.2. Among the significant enhancements, the update includes interactive dashboards for governance and usage insight, comprehensive support for...
Okera Blogs
November 20, 2020
Security Doesn’t Need to Slow You Down
Organizations these days are drowning in data – from web analytics, marketing campaigns, IoT events, HR data, and more. However, making effective use of this data for business purposes is still something of an unsolved challenge, in major part due to the need to provide access to this data in a secu…
November 18, 2020
Okera and Microsoft: Better-Together Partners for Modern Data Solutions
Microsoft has become strategic to Okera and our customers, and we continue to leverage more of the Microsoft technology stack to meet that demand. Okera has now achieved Microsoft Gold Partner status, which is the highest level of Microsoft’s widely-recognized partnership program. This achievement h…
November 18, 2020
Fine Grained Access Control on Azure Databricks using Okera
Today, I’d like to show you how to use Okera for dynamic row-, column-, and cell-level security tightly coupled with Databricks Spark on Microsoft Azure.
The post Fine Grained Access Control on Azure Databricks using Okera appeared first on Okera.
November 13, 2020
Secure Data Access Software: To Build or To Buy?
If you’re thinking of building your own custom access control solution, read this first. For most large enterprises not in the business of information technology (IT), the question is largely not a reasonable one at all.
The post Secure Data Access Software: To Build or To Buy? appeared first on Ok…
November 05, 2020
How to Enforce Fine-grained Access Control on Amazon EMR without IAM Roles
In this upcoming webinar, learn about the IAM challenge on Amazon EMR, why open-source governance solutions don't scale, and see a demo of Okera’s dynamic enforcement of fine-grained access control that removes the need to manage IAM roles on each cluster.
The post How to Enforce Fine-grained Access…
November 03, 2020
Okera Named a Cool Vendor by Gartner
Okera Named a Cool Vendor by Gartner
The post Okera Named a Cool Vendor by Gartner appeared first on Okera.
Okera Frequently Asked Questions
When was Okera founded?
Okera was founded in 2016.
Who are Okera key executives?
Okera's key executives are Nick Halsey, Nong Li and Ravi Ramachandran.
How many employees does Okera have?
Okera has 55 employees.
Who are Okera competitors?
Competitors of Okera include Kritter, GRAX and IntuView.
Where is Okera headquarters?
Okera headquarters is located at 995 Market St, San Francisco, San Francisco.
Where are Okera offices?
Okera has offices in San Francisco and Seattle.
How many offices does Okera have?
Okera has 3 offices.
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