Okta, the U.S.-based identification administration large, introduced right this moment that it has acquired password administration app, Uno. The corporate stated that Uno’s group will assist pace up the general public launch of the Okta Private tier, a password supervisor for customers.
Uno, based by former Google engineer Parteek Saran, launched an app earlier this yr to make password administration simpler for customers via a design-centric strategy. The corporate raised $3 million in funding from backers together with Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Lookout founder Kevin Mahaffey and Dug Tune from Duo Safety.
The app’s essential draw was to deal with one-click login on the internet by remembering your credentials for the location and even letting you shortly entry a one-time code via the extension. Saran’s thought was to make security easy for customers in order that they don’t have to fret lots about password administration.
Okta talked about that Uno can be discontinued as an app and the group will be a part of the corporate to work on Okta Private. The corporate didn’t give any particulars concerning the deal measurement.
“The Uno group has deep expertise constructing consumer-first, design-focused and easy-to-use password administration and private identification applied sciences. The addition of Uno’s expertise and experience in security, identification and AI permits us to speed up the rollout of Okta Private,” Vivek Raman, VP of Engineering at Okta, stated in an announcement.
The enterprise identification administration firm stated that it has been testing Okta Private in beta since final yr. The corporate famous that buyers based mostly within the U.S. and Canada can enroll and begin utilizing it. Okta stated it plans to increase the app’s availability to different international locations quickly.
Okta Private at the moment has an online app and an iOS app for password administration. The app will even have options similar to straightforward credential sharing and autofill. The app’s web site means that the corporate is engaged on rolling out household sharing quickly.
The corporate didn’t specify if a few of Uno’s options similar to the simple studying of one-time passwords from e-mail can be built-in into Okta Private. It additionally didn’t say something about Okta’s plan emigrate Uno’s present consumer base.
On its web site, Uno stated that the app can be discontinued from November 1.
